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CVE-2017-12852

25
FAUCET Score

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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.13.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:numpy:numpy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.68%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0268 is in the 72nd percentile among its peer group of 51,466 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (9)

pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: numpyFixed in: 1.13.3
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 11 (Ocata)Fixed in: numpy
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software CollectionsFixed in: python27-numpy
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software CollectionsFixed in: rh-python34-numpy
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software CollectionsFixed in: rh-python35-numpy
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: OpenShift Enterprise 1Fixed in: python27-numpy
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: numpy
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: numpy
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise MRG 1Fixed in: numpy

Vendor Advisories (2)

pipGHSA-frgw-fgh6-9g52high

Numpy missing input validation

May 13, 2022
redhatCVE-2017-12852Low

numpy: Missing input validation on empty list or ndarray in numpy.pad function

Aug 15, 2017

References

github.com / BT123/testcasesForMyRequest/tree/master/CVE-2017-12852
github.com / numpy/numpy/issues/9560
ExploitThird Party Advisory