CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2017-17508

Divide By Zero

Published: Dec 11, 2017 | Modified: Apr 20, 2025
CVSS 3.x
6.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
3.3 LOW
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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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.

Weakness

The product divides a value by zero.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Hdf5Hdfgroup1.10.1 (including)1.10.1 (including)
Hdf5Ubuntuartful*
Hdf5Ubuntubionic*
Hdf5Ubuntucosmic*
Hdf5Ubuntuesm-apps/bionic*
Hdf5Ubuntuesm-apps/xenial*
Hdf5Ubuntuesm-infra-legacy/trusty*
Hdf5Ubuntutrusty*
Hdf5Ubuntutrusty/esm*
Hdf5Ubuntuupstream*
Hdf5Ubuntuxenial*
Hdf5Ubuntuzesty*

References