NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting hdf5 package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.22% (65th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-HDF5-9891601
  • published28 Apr 2025
  • disclosed8 Dec 2017

Introduced: 8 Dec 2017

CVE-2017-17505  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:10 hdf5.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream hdf5 package and not the hdf5 package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.