7.5

CVE-2019-12410: apache software foundation apache arrow Missing Initialization of Resource

CVSS: 7.5v3.1HighModified
AliasesGHSA-cjw4-2w9r-r8mvPYSEC-2019-196
Published 08-11-2019Last modified 04-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2019-12410 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Missing Initialization of Resource vulnerability in apache software foundation apache arrow. EPSS estimates a 4.61% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
4.61%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 08-11-2019
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

While investigating UBSAN errors in https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/5365 it was discovered Apache Arrow versions 0.12.0 to 0.14.1, left memory Array data uninitialized when reading RLE null data from parquet. This affected the C++, Python, Ruby and R implementations. The uninitialized memory could potentially be shared if are transmitted over the wire (for instance with Flight) or persisted in the streaming IPC and file formats.

CVSS metrics

6 scores · 3 sources · 3 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

4.61%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

92%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 4.61% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
4.61%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Apache1 product
  • arrow≥ 0.12.0, ≤ 0.14.1
Apache software foundation1 product
PyPI1 product
  • pyarrow≥ 0.12.0, < 0.15.0 | ≥ 0.12.0, < 0.15.1
RubyGems1 product
  • red-arrow≥ 0.12.0, < 0.15.1

4 vendors · 4 products

References

10 links