Vulnerabilities > CVE-2017-17508 - Divide By Zero vulnerability in Hdfgroup Hdf5 1.10.1

047910
CVSS 6.5 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
HIGH
network
low complexity
hdfgroup
CWE-369

Summary

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.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Hdfgroup
1

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)