#VU37767 Out-of-bounds read in HDF5 - CVE-2017-17506

Vulnerability identifier: #VU37767

Vulnerability risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 4.6 [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-2017-17506

CWE-ID: CWE-125

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
HDF5
Universal components / Libraries / Libraries used by multiple products

Vendor: HDF Group

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

In HDF5 1.10.1, there is an out of bounds read vulnerability in the function H5Opline_pline_decode in H5Opline.c in libhdf5.a. For example, h5dump would crash when someone opens a crafted hdf5 file.

Mitigation
Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

HDF5: 1.10.1

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External links
https://github.com/xiaoqx/pocs/tree/master/hdf5/readme.md

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Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.