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CVE-2013-4251

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-11-04 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-269

Description

The scipy.weave component in SciPy before 0.12.1 creates insecure temporary directories.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 8.0, 9.0, 10.0
• Fedoraproject Fedora: 18, 19, 20
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux: 6.0
• SciPy: before 0.12.1 — fixed in 0.12.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: SciPy 0.12.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-November/120696.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-October/119759.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-October/119771.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/63008
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4251
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2013-4251
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2013-4251
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/88052
• https://github.com/scipy/scipy/commit/bd296e0336420b840fcd2faabb97084fd252a973
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4251
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-November/120696.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-October/119759.html

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