CVE-2017-17505: hdfgroup hdf5 NULL Pointer Dereference
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2017-17505 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in hdfgroup hdf5. EPSS estimates a 1.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 68.6% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 6.5, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 5 · Related 5Timeline
- 11-12-2017PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 16-09-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
In HDF5 1.10.1, there is a NULL pointer dereference in the function H5O_pline_decode in the H5Opline.c file in libhdf5.a. For example, h5dump would crash when someone opens a crafted hdf5 file.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated6.5MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated6.5MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
1.22%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
69%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 1.22% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Debian1 product
- hdf5< 1.10.4+repack-1
Hdfgroup1 product
- hdf51.10.1
Ubuntu1 product
- hdf5< 1.8.11-5ubuntu7.1+esm1 | < 1.8.16+docs-4ubuntu1.1+esm1 | < 1.10.0-patch1+docs-4ubuntu0.1~esm1
3 vendors · 3 products
