{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17508","details":"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.","modified":"2026-02-04T02:14:43.573029Z","published":"2017-12-11T03:29:00Z","related":["USN-4817-1"],"upstream":["CVE-2017-17508"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17508"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://github.com/xiaoqx/pocs/blob/master/hdf5/readme.md"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://github.com/xiaoqx/pocs/tree/master/hdf5/readme.md"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4817-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17508"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"hdf5","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/hdf5@1.8.11-5ubuntu7.1+esm1?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.8.11-5ubuntu7.1+esm1"}]}],"versions":["1.8.11-3ubuntu1","1.8.11-5ubuntu1","1.8.11-5ubuntu2","1.8.11-5ubuntu6","1.8.11-5ubuntu7","1.8.11-5ubuntu7.1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"1.8.11-5ubuntu7.1+esm1","binary_name":"hdf5-helpers"},{"binary_version":"1.8.11-5ubuntu7.1+esm1","binary_name":"hdf5-tools"},{"binary_version":"1.8.11-5ubuntu7.1+esm1","binary_name":"libhdf5-7"},{"binary_version":"1.8.11-5ubuntu7.1+esm1","binary_name":"libhdf5-dev"},{"binary_version":"1.8.11-5ubuntu7.1+esm1","binary_name":"libhdf5-mpi-dev"},{"binary_version":"1.8.11-5ubuntu7.1+esm1","binary_name":"libhdf5-mpich2-7"},{"binary_version":"1.8.11-5ubuntu7.1+esm1","binary_name":"libhdf5-mpich2-dev"},{"binary_version":"1.8.11-5ubuntu7.1+esm1","binary_name":"libhdf5-openmpi-7"},{"binary_version":"1.8.11-5ubuntu7.1+esm1","binary_name":"libhdf5-openmpi-dev"},{"binary_version":"1.8.11-5ubuntu7.1+esm1","binary_name":"libhdf5-serial-dev"}],"availability":"Available 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with Ubuntu Pro: 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