CVE-2017-12852

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-12852
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-08-15 16:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-03 00:03:00 UTC
DescriptionThe numpy.pad function in Numpy 1.13.1 and older versions is missing input validation. An empty list or ndarray will stick into an infinite loop, which can allow attackers to cause a DoS attack.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-835

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Numpy Numpy All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
np.pad(..., mode="reflect") on an empty array goes into an infinite loop · Issue #9560 · numpy/numpy · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
testcasesForMyRequest/CVE-2017-12852 at master · BT123/testcasesForMyRequest · GitHub MISC github.com
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Legacy QID Mappings

  • 752789 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for python-numpy (SUSE-SU-2022:3954-1)
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