CVE-2021-41496

Advisory

Numpy 1.22.0 includes a fix for CVE-2021-41496: Buffer overflow in the array_from_pyobj function of fortranobject.c, 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).
https://github.com/numpy/numpy/issues/19000

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Resources

• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-41496
• https://github.com/numpy/numpy/issues/19000
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html