A use-after-free issue was discovered in Py_FindObjects() function in SciPy versions prior to 1.8.0. NOTE: the vendor and discoverer indicate that this is not a security issue.
The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory “belongs” to the code that operates on the new pointer.
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scipy | Scipy | * | 1.8.0 (excluding) |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14 | RedHat | google-benchmark-0:1.8.2-1.el9 | * |
| Scipy | Ubuntu | bionic | * |
| Scipy | Ubuntu | esm-apps/focal | * |
| Scipy | Ubuntu | trusty | * |
| Scipy | Ubuntu | xenial | * |