DISPUTED A use-after-free issue was discovered in PyFindObjects() function in SciPy versions prior to 1.8.0. NOTE: the vendor and discoverer indicate that this is not a security issue.

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

Withdrawn Advisory

This advisory has been withdrawn because it has been found to not be an issue. Please see the issue here for more information.

Original Description

A refcounting issue which leads to potential memory leak was discovered in scipy commit 8627df31ab in PyFindObjects() function.

DISPUTED A use-after-free issue was discovered in PyFindObjects() function in SciPy versions prior to 1.8.0.

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