What is CVE-2023-38670?

CVE-2023-38670 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Paddlepaddle, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2023-07-26.

How severe is CVE-2023-38670?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.

NULL pointer dereference in Paddlepaddle

CVE-2023-38670

Null pointer dereference in paddle.flip in PaddlePaddle before 2.5.0. This resulted in a runtime crash and denial of service.

Published 2023-07-26 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (49.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 49th percentile — 49.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Paddlepaddle — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

github.com/PaddlePaddle/Paddle/blob/develop/security/advisory/pdsa-2023-002.md (Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-38670?: CVE-2023-38670 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Paddlepaddle, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2023-07-26.
How severe is CVE-2023-38670?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.