What is GHSA-5545-2q6w-2gh6?

GHSA-5545-2q6w-2gh6 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. NumPy NULL Pointer Dereference

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-5545-2q6w-2gh6 cover?

GHSA-5545-2q6w-2gh6 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2021-41495. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-5545-2q6w-2gh6?

GHSA-5545-2q6w-2gh6 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

Which products are affected by GHSA-5545-2q6w-2gh6?

GHSA-5545-2q6w-2gh6 affects 1 product, including: pip/numpy:\u003c= 1.18.5.

GHSA-5545-2q6w-2gh6HighCVSS 7.5

NumPy NULL Pointer Dereference

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

February 8, 2022

Last Modified

January 29, 2023

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2021-41495 →

📋 Description

Null Pointer Dereference vulnerability exists in numpy.sort in NumPy &lt and 1.19 in the PyArray_DescrNew function due to missing return-value validation, which allows attackers to conduct DoS attacks by repetitively creating sort arrays.

🎯 Affected products1

pip/numpy:<= 1.18.5

🔗 References (5)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-41495
https://github.com/numpy/numpy/issues/19038
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5545-2q6w-2gh6
https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/numpy/PYSEC-2021-856.yaml