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CVE-2023-29824

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-29824 describes a use-after-free vulnerability in the Py_FindObjects() function within SciPy versions prior to 1.8.0. Despite a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical) indicating high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity and no user interaction, both the vendor and discoverer state this is not a security issue. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:scipy:scipy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.33%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
68.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0133 is in the 55th percentile among its peer group of 36,897 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (9)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: scipyFixed in: 1.8.0
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14Fixed in: google-benchmark-0:1.8.2-1.el9
View patch
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)

pipGHSA-jrfm-2h82-xg28critical

Withdrawn: Use after free in SciPy

Jul 6, 2023
redhatCVE-2023-29824Moderate

scipy: use-after-free in Py_FindObjects() function

Jul 6, 2023

References

github.com / scipy/scipy/issues/14713
ExploitIssue Tracking
github.com / scipy/scipy/issues/14713
ExploitIssue Tracking
github.com / scipy/scipy/pull/15013
Patch
square16.org / achievement/cve-2023-29824
Product