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GHSA-9jx5-6pgf-crrp: scipy memory leak vulnerability
A refcounting issue which leads to potential memory leak was discovered in scipy commit 8627df31ab in Py_FindObjects()
function.
scipy memory leak vulnerability
Low severity GitHub Reviewed Published Jul 5, 2023 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jul 6, 2023
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Ubuntu Security Notice 6226-1 - It was discovered that SciPy did not properly manage memory operations during reference counting. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. A use-after-free was discovered in SciPy when handling reference counts. An attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
A refcounting issue which leads to potential memory leak was discovered in scipy commit 8627df31ab in Py_FindObjects() function.