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High
CVE-2021-41500
Incomplete string comparison vulnerability exits in cvxopt.org cvxop <= 1.2.6...
Vulnerability Description
Incomplete string comparison vulnerability exits in cvxopt.org cvxop <= 1.2.6 in APIs (cvxopt.cholmod.diag, cvxopt.cholmod.getfactor, cvxopt.cholmod.solve, cvxopt.cholmod.spsolve), which allows attackers to conduct Denial of Service attacks by construct fake Capsule objects.
Impact Analysis
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Remediation
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
Affected Vendor
cvxopt project
View all reports →Affected Software
cvxopt, fedora
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 34
Timeline
Official Publish:
December 17th, 2021
Last Modified:
August 4th, 2024
Added to House:
July 21st, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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.