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CVE-2023-29824

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2023-07-06 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-416

Description

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.

Affected products

• SciPy: before 1.8.0 — fixed in 1.8.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: SciPy 1.8.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.square16.org/achievement/cve-2023-29824/
• https://github.com/scipy/scipy/issues/14713
• https://github.com/scipy/scipy/issues/14713#issuecomment-1629468565
• https://github.com/scipy/scipy/pull/15013
• http://www.square16.org/achievement/cve-2023-29824/
• https://github.com/scipy/scipy/issues/14713
• https://github.com/scipy/scipy/issues/14713#issuecomment-1629468565
• https://github.com/scipy/scipy/pull/15013

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