What is CVE-2023-25399?

CVE-2023-25399 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Scipy, classified under Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2023-07-05.

How severe is CVE-2023-25399?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-25399 known to be exploited?

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

Vulnerability in Scipy

CVE-2023-25399

A refcounting issue which leads to potential memory leak was discovered in scipy commit 8627df31ab in Py_FindObjects() function. Note: This is disputed as a bug and not a vulnerability. SciPy is not designed to be exposed to untrusted user…

EPSS: 0.004 (30.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Scipy
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-401 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-25399?: CVE-2023-25399 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Scipy, classified under Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2023-07-05.
How severe is CVE-2023-25399?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-25399 known to be exploited?: 4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.