CVE-2017-12852 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting the numpy.pad function in NumPy versions 1.13.1 and older. Attackers can trigger an infinite loop by providing an empty list or ndarray as input due to missing input validation. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, leading to a complete loss of availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit tools or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.13.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:numpy:numpy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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