What is CVE-2017-17508?

CVE-2017-17508 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hdfgroup Hdf5, classified under Divide By Zero. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-12-11.

How severe is CVE-2017-17508?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2017-17508 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Hdfgroup Hdf5

CVE-2017-17508

In HDF5 1.10.1, there is a divide-by-zero vulnerability in the function H5T_set_loc in the H5T.c file in libhdf5.a. For example, h5dump would crash when someone opens a crafted hdf5 file.

EPSS: 0.004 (63.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Hdfgroup Hdf5 — versions 1.10.1
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-369 — Divide By Zero

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-17508?: CVE-2017-17508 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hdfgroup Hdf5, classified under Divide By Zero. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-12-11.
How severe is CVE-2017-17508?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-17508 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.