CVE-2021-41500
Incorrect Comparison in cvxopt
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.27%
Description
Incomplete string comparison vulnerability exits in cvxopt.org cvxop <= 1.2.6 in APIs (cvxopt.cholmod.diag, cvxopt.cholmod.getfactor, cvxopt.cholmod.solve, cvxopt.cholmod.spsolve), which allows attackers to conduct Denial of Service attacks by construct fake Capsule objects.
How to fix CVE-2021-41500
To remediate CVE-2021-41500, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —no fix listed
- —upgrade to 1.2.7 or later
- —upgrade to 1.2.7 or later
Is CVE-2021-41500 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0
- from 0, < 1.2.7
- from 0, < 1.2.7
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| 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 |