Medium severity · published Jul 5, 2023
CVE-2023-25399
A refcounting issue which leads to potential memory leak was discovered in scipy commit 8627df31ab in Py_FindObjects() function
5.5
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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 vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 32% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SC
Scipy · Scipy
before 1.10.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-25399
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-25399
Third Party Advisory
http://www.square16.org/achievement/cve-2023-25399/
Exploit
https://github.com/scipy/scipy/issues/16235
github.com
https://github.com/scipy/scipy/issues/16235#issuecomment-1625361328
Patch
https://github.com/scipy/scipy/pull/16397
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