Security advisory

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  "id": "d766bcb6925de8a102bfb6cbd85aee2386736639665fbd4280be5cc625422205",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-17508",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2017-17508",
    "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2017-17508",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2017-17508",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2017-17508"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/hdfgroup/hdf5",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "5f702f40b719a05bf2d271797179b368c5fd39c5"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "5f702f40b719a05bf2d271797179b368c5fd39c5"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:hdfgroup:hdf5:1.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "1.10.1"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "1.10.1"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "1.10.1",
            "hdf5-1_10_1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-17508.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:31:01.836465853Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/xiaoqx/pocs/tree/master/hdf5/readme.md"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2017-17508",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 439890,
  "published_at": "2017-12-11T03:29:00.52+00:00"
}