High severity · published Nov 8, 2019
CVE-2019-12408
It was discovered that the C++ implementation (which underlies the R, Python and Ruby implementations) of Apache Arrow 0.14.0 to 0.14.1 had a uninitialized memory bug when…
7.5
CVSS
3.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
It was discovered that the C++ implementation (which underlies the R, Python and Ruby implementations) of Apache Arrow 0.14.0 to 0.14.1 had a uninitialized memory bug when building arrays with null values in some cases. This can lead to uninitialized memory being unintentionally shared if Arrow Arrays are transmitted over the wire (for instance with Flight) or persisted in the streaming IPC and file formats.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.3% · higher than 88% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AR
Arrow · Apache
0.14.0 through 0.14.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12408
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-12408
lists.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/49f067b1c5fb7493d952580f0d2d032819ba351f7a78743c21126269%40%3Cdev.arrow.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/efd8bbf57427d3c303b5316d208a335f8d0c0dbe0dc4c87cfa995073%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
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