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ubuntu-cve-2023-25399

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2023-07-06 00:00

Modified

2025-10-07 04:59

Summary

Details

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 users or data directly.

Severity

5.5 (Medium)


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

5.5 (Medium)


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

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-25399	REPORT
	https://github.com/scipy/scipy/issues/16235	REPORT
	https://github.com/scipy/scipy/pull/16397	REPORT
	http://www.square16.org/achievement/cve-2023-25399/	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6226-1	ADVISORY
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-25399	REPORT

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  "modified": "2025-10-07T04:59:11Z",
  "published": "2023-07-06T00:00:00Z",
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  ]
}

CVE-2023-25399 (GCVE-0-2023-25399)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-07-05 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-02 11:18 Disputed

Summary

Severity

5.5 (Medium)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)

CWE

n/a
CWE-401 - Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

Assigner

mitre

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/scipy/scipy/issues/16235
https://github.com/scipy/scipy/pull/16397
http://www.square16.org/achievement/cve-2023-25399/
https://github.com/scipy/scipy/issues/16235#issue…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
scipy	scipy	Affected: 0 , < 1.10.0 (custom) cpe:2.3:a:scipy:scipy:-:::::::*

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usn-6226-1

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2023-07-13 03:58

Modified

2026-02-10 04:43

Summary

scipy vulnerabilities

Details

It was discovered that SciPy did not properly manage memory operations during reference counting. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2023-25399)

A use-after-free was discovered in SciPy when handling reference counts. An attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-29824)

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6226-1	ADVISORY
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-25399	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-29824	REPORT

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                },
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                },
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                }
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            },
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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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ubuntu-cve-2023-25399

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

CVE-2023-25399 (GCVE-0-2023-25399)

usn-6226-1

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

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