CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2021-33430

MEDIUM
5.3
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

A Buffer Overflow vulnerability exists in NumPy 1.9.x in the PyArray_NewFromDescr_int function of ctors.c when specifying arrays of large dimensions (over 32) from Python code, which could let a malicious user cause a Denial of Service. NOTE: The vendor does not agree this is a vulneraility; In (very limited) circumstances a user may be able provoke the buffer overflow, the user is most likely already privileged to at least provoke denial of service by exhausting memory. Triggering this further requires the use of uncommon API (complicated structured dtypes), which is very unlikely to be available to an unprivileged user

How to fix

Remediation Available
numpyDebian
Fixed in:1:1.21.4-2CVE-2021-33430
Fixed in:1:1.21.4-2CVE-2021-33430
Fixed in:1:1.21.4-2CVE-2021-33430
numpyUbuntu
Fixed in:1:1.17.4-5ubuntu3.1USN-5763-1
Fixed in:1:1.21.5-1ubuntu22.04.1USN-5763-1
Fixed in:1:1.21.5-1ubuntu22.10.1USN-5763-1
python3-numpyUbuntu
Fixed in:1:1.17.4-5ubuntu3.1USN-5763-1
Fixed in:1:1.21.5-1ubuntu22.04.1USN-5763-1
Fixed in:1:1.21.5-1ubuntu22.10.1USN-5763-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityHigh
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

1.07%probability of exploitation in 30 days
61stpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 61% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

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CVE-2011-4862High10.095%-Fix
CVE-2007-5659High7.894%KEVFix
CVE-2022-3786High7.591%-Fix
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