CVE-2021-41495

HIGH7.5EPSS 0.11%

NumPy NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: 2/8/2022Modified: 11/8/2023

Also known as:GHSA-5545-2q6w-2gh6DEBIAN-CVE-2021-41495PYSEC-2021-856

Description

Null Pointer Dereference vulnerability exists in numpy.sort in NumPy &lt 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 (3)

Debian/numpyfrom 0
PyPI/numpyfrom 0, < 1.19
PyPI/numpyfrom 0, < 1.19.1

CVSS scores

Source	Version	Severity	Vector
osv	CVSS 3.1	HIGH7.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References (7)

ADVISORYhttps://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5545-2q6w-2gh6
ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-41495
ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-41495
PATCHhttps://github.com/numpy/numpy
WEBhttps://github.com/numpy/numpy/issues/19038
WEBhttps://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/numpy/PYSEC-2021-856.yaml
WEBhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html