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CVE-2023-25399

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-25399 describes a potential memory leak in the Py_FindObjects() function within SciPy, stemming from a refcounting issue. While affecting SciPy, this is disputed as a true vulnerability, as SciPy is not intended for direct exposure to untrusted users or data. Rated Medium (CVSS 5.5), exploitation requires local access and could lead to a denial of service through resource exhaustion, but does not impact confidentiality or integrity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:scipy:scipy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.38%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
30.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0038 is in the 86th percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 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 (8)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: scipyFixed in: 1.10.0
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: python27:2.7/scipy
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: python36:3.6/scipy
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: python39:3.9/scipy
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: python3.11-scipy
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: scipy
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software CollectionsFixed in: rh-python38-scipy

Vendor Advisories (2)

redhatCVE-2023-25399Moderate

scipy: refcounting issue leads to potential memory leak

Jul 6, 2023
pipGHSA-9jx5-6pgf-crrpmedium

Withdrawn: scipy memory leak vulnerability

Jul 5, 2023

References

github.com / scipy/scipy/issues/16235
ExploitIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
github.com / scipy/scipy/issues/16235
github.com / scipy/scipy/pull/16397
Patch
square16.org / achievement/cve-2023-25399
Third Party Advisory