GHSA-5545-2q6w-2gh6
NumPy NULL Pointer Dereference
At a glance
- Published
- Updated
- CVE
- CVE-2021-41495
- Aliases
- PYSEC-2021-856
- CVSS_V3
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Description
Null Pointer Dereference vulnerability exists in numpy.sort in NumPy < and 1.19 in the PyArray_DescrNew function due to missing return-value validation, which allows attackers to conduct DoS attacks by repetitively creating sort arrays.
Affected packages
| Package | Versions |
|---|---|
| PyPI · numpy | introduced 0, fixed 1.19 |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-41495 ADVISORY
- https://github.com/numpy/numpy/issues/19038 WEB
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5545-2q6w-2gh6 ADVISORY
- https://github.com/numpy/numpy PACKAGE
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/numpy/PYSEC-2021-856.yaml WEB
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html WEB
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| OSV.dev | CC-BY 4.0 — GitHub Advisory Database |