CVE-2021-41496

Description

Buffer overflow in the array_from_pyobj function of fortranobject.c in NumPy < 1.19, which allows attackers to conduct a Denial of Service attacks by carefully constructing an array with negative values. NOTE: The vendor does not agree this is a vulnerability; the negative dimensions can only be created by an already privileged user (or internally)

Risk Information

Base Score

5.5

MODERATE

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS Score

Exploitation Probability

0.037

Associated Vulnerability

Vulnerability	OS Platform
Vulnerabilities CVE-2021-41495,CVE-2021-41496 are fixed in Python-numpy 1.19	Windows
scientific computing package with Python (USN-5763-1) python3-numpy_1.17.4-5ubuntu3.1_amd64.deb	Linux
scientific computing package with Python (USN-5763-1) python3-numpy_1.21.5-1ubuntu22.04.1_amd64.deb	Linux
scientific computing package with Python (USN-5763-1) python3-numpy_1.21.5-1ubuntu22.10.1_amd64.deb	Linux
Vulnerabilities CVE-2021-41495,CVE-2021-41496 are fixed in Python-numpy for linux 1.19	Linux

Patch Details

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234