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. NOTE: While correct that validation is missing, an error can only occur due to an exhaustion of memory. If the user can exhaust memory, they are already privileged. Further, it should be practically impossible to construct an attack which can target the memory exhaustion to occur at exactly this place
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.3
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade python3-numpy-f2pyUpgrade python3-numpy-debuginfoUpgrade numpy-debugsourceUpgrade python3-numpy | Dec 9, 2022 | Dec 17, 2021 |
| Debian | — | No solution exists | May 15, 2025 | Dec 17, 2021 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade py39-numpyUpgrade py310-numpyUpgrade py38-numpy | Nov 4, 2022 | Jun 11, 2022 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp10 | — | Upgrade python3-numpy | May 9, 2022 | Dec 17, 2021 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp3 | — | Upgrade numpy-f2pyUpgrade numpy | Oct 28, 2022 | Dec 17, 2021 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp5 | — | Upgrade numpy-f2pyUpgrade numpy | Jun 17, 2022 | Dec 17, 2021 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp9 | — | Upgrade python3-numpy | Apr 19, 2022 | Dec 17, 2021 |
| Oracle Missing Cpu Oct 2022 | — | Apply the October 2022 Critical Patch Update (CPU) for Oracle Database | Oct 26, 2022 | Dec 17, 2021 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade python3-numpy-debuginfoNo solution existsUpgrade numpy-debugsourceUpgrade python3-numpyUpgrade python3-numpy-f2py | Dec 9, 2022 | Dec 17, 2021 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade python3-numpy_1_17_3-gnu-hpcUpgrade python3-numpy_1_13_3-gnu-hpcUpgrade python2-numpy_1_16_5-gnu-hpcUpgrade python3-numpy-gnu-hpc-develUpgrade python2-numpy_1_16_5-gnu-hpc-develUpgrade python2-numpy-gnu-hpc-develUpgrade python3-numpy-gnu-hpcUpgrade python2-numpyUpgrade python3-numpy_1_13_3-gnu-hpc-develUpgrade python2-numpy-develUpgrade python-numpy-develUpgrade python3-numpy-develUpgrade python3-numpy_1_17_3-gnu-hpc-develUpgrade python-numpy_1_13_3-gnu-hpc-develUpgrade python3-numpyUpgrade python-numpyUpgrade python-numpy_1_13_3-gnu-hpcUpgrade python2-numpy-gnu-hpc | Oct 26, 2022 | Dec 17, 2021 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade python3-numpy | Dec 7, 2022 | Dec 17, 2021 |
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