What is CVE-2021-34141?

CVE-2021-34141 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Numpy, classified under Incorrect Comparison. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2021-12-17.

How severe is CVE-2021-34141?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2021-34141 known to be exploited?

6 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Numpy

CVE-2021-34141

An incomplete string comparison in the numpy.core component in NumPy before 1.22.0 allows attackers to trigger slightly incorrect copying by constructing specific string objects. NOTE: the vendor states that this reported code behavior is…

EPSS: 0.016 (72.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

Affected products

Numpy
Oracle Communications_cloud_native_core_policy — versions 22.1.3
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-697 — Incorrect Comparison

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-34141?: CVE-2021-34141 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Numpy, classified under Incorrect Comparison. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2021-12-17.
How severe is CVE-2021-34141?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-34141 known to be exploited?: 6 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.