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CVE-2024-9979

Pyo3: risk of use-after-free in `borrowed` reads from python weak references

Published: Oct 15, 2024Updated: Oct 16, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-416
5.3MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 89.6%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
Not available

Description

A flaw was found in PyO3. This vulnerability causes a use-after-free issue, potentially leading to memory corruption or crashes via unsound borrowing from weak Python references.

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:LUI:NS:UC:LI:LA:L
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:LConfidentiality
Low
I:LIntegrity
Low
A:LAvailability
Low
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Weaknesses

CWE-416

Affected Products

Red Hat
commercial·US
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2On-premDev Tool
DevTools & CI / ci-cd
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
crates.io
package-ecosystem
pyo3
OSS Libraries
and 3 more affected products View all →

Exploitability

Official Patch Available
Workaround Available

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Initial Access
Privilege Escalation
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References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-9979
access.redhat.com
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2318646
bugzilla.redhat.com
https://crates.io/crates/pyo3
crates.io
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