CVE-2025-2998: linuxfoundation pytorch

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-2998 is a medium (CVSS 5.3) vulnerability in linuxfoundation pytorch. EPSS estimates a 0.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 9% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Timeline

1. 31-03-2025
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 31-03-2025
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A vulnerability was found in PyTorch 2.6.0. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function torch.nn.utils.rnn.pad_packed_sequence. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.