CVE-2021-41496 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2021-41496

Buffer overflow in the array_from_pyobj function of fortranobject.c in NumPy...

Vulnerability Description

Buffer overflow in the array_from_pyobj function of fortranobject.c in NumPy < 1.19, which allows attackers to conduct a Denial of Service attacks by carefully constructing an array with negative values. NOTE: The vendor does not agree this is a vulnerability; the negative dimensions can only be created by an already privileged user (or internally)

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

numpy
Vulnerable Versions:
0

Timeline

Official Publish: December 17th, 2021
Last Modified: August 4th, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.