NULL pointer dereference in HDF5 - CVE-2017-17505
Published: December 11, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU37766
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-17505
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: HDF Group
Affected software:
HDF5
HDF5
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dreference error in H5Opline.c file in libhdf5.a. For example, h5dump would crash when someone opens a crafted hdf5 file. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-17505
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.