Use-After-Free Vulnerability in PyO3 Could Lead to Memory Corruption or Crashes

CVE-2024-9979

5.3MEDIUM

Key Information

Vendor
Red Hat
Status
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Vendor
CVE Published:
15 October 2024

Summary

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.

References

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

CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.3
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability Reserved

  • Vulnerability published

Collectors

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