Null Pointer Dereference vulnerability exists in numpy.sort in NumPy < 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. NOTE: While correct that validation is missing, an error can only occur due to an exhaustion of memory. If the user can exhaust memory, they are already privileged. Further, it should be practically impossible to construct an attack which can target the memory exhaustion to occur at exactly this place
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GHSA-5545-2q6w-2gh6 | NumPy NULL Pointer Dereference |
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USN-5763-1 | NumPy vulnerabilities |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-04T03:15:28.284Z
Reserved: 2021-09-20T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2021-41495

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Status : Modified
Published: 2021-12-17T20:15:08.477
Modified: 2024-11-21T06:26:18.940
Link: CVE-2021-41495


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