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Unscored USN-4817-1 3 CVEs

hdf5 vulnerabilities

Published Mar 15, 2021 · Updated Jun 29, 2026

Summary

It was discovered that HDF5 incorrectly handled certain hdf5 files. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.

Fixed packages 3

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · Pro 14.04 LTS Pro:14.04:LTS hdf5 1.8.11-5ubuntu7.1+esm1
Ubuntu · Pro 16.04 LTS Pro:16.04:LTS hdf5 1.8.16+docs-4ubuntu1.1+esm1
Ubuntu · Pro 18.04 LTS Pro:18.04:LTS hdf5 1.10.0-patch1+docs-4ubuntu0.1~esm1

Vulnerabilities 3

  • Unscored —

    In HDF5 1.10.1, there is a NULL pointer dereference in the function H5O_pline_decode in the H5Opline.c file in libhdf5.…

  • Unscored —

    In HDF5 1.10.1, there is an out of bounds read vulnerability in the function H5Opline_pline_decode in H5Opline.c in lib…

  • Unscored —

    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…

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17505
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17506
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17508