Out-of-bounds Write Affecting hdf5 package, versions *
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-HDF5-5243837
- published27 Mar 2023
- disclosed8 Dec 2017
Introduced: 8 Dec 2017
CVE-2017-17509 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
There is no fixed version for RHEL:7 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:7 relevant fixed versions and status.
In HDF5 1.10.1, there is an out of bounds write vulnerability in the function H5G__ent_decode_vec in H5Gcache.c in libhdf5.a. For example, h5dump would crash or possibly have unspecified other impact someone opens a crafted hdf5 file.