CVE-2023-25399

Aliases:PYSEC-2023-102
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 6
Modified
Published: 05 Jul 2023, 00:00
Last modified:02 Aug 2024, 11:18

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
32/100
CVSS Score
5.5 MEDIUM
v3.1 (cve.org)
EPSS Score
0.22% LOW
0% probability +0.06%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
1 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

05 Jul 2023, 00:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
02 Aug 2024, 11:18
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

A refcounting issue which leads to potential memory leak was discovered in scipy commit 8627df31ab in Py_FindObjects() function. Note: This is disputed as a bug and not a vulnerability. SciPy is not designed to be exposed to untrusted users or data directly.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.22%• Percentile: 45%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-401•Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

    The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, making the memory unavailable for reallocation and reuse.

Affected Systems

  • PyPI•scipy

    < 1.10.0

  • scipy•scipy

    < 1.10.0

References (4)