Divide By Zero Affecting hdf5 package, versions <1.10.4+repack-1
Threat Intelligence
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-HDF5-1547999
- published11 Dec 2017
- disclosed11 Dec 2017
Introduced: 11 Dec 2017
CVE-2017-17508 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:12 hdf5 to version 1.10.4+repack-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream hdf5 package and not the hdf5 package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.
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.