Out-of-bounds Read Affecting hdf5 package, versions [,1.14.4.3)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.15% (36th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-HDF5-10076036
  • published8 May 2025
  • disclosed11 Dec 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 11 Dec 2017

CVE-2017-17507  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade hdf5 to version 1.14.4.3 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read. In HDF5 1.10.1, there is an out of bounds read vulnerability in the function H5T_conv_struct_opt in H5Tconv.c in libhdf5.a. For example, h5dump would crash when someone opens a crafted hdf5 file.

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