CVE catalog

CVE-2023-25399

scipy affected and fixed versions

[CVE catalog]

A refcounting issue which leads to potential memory leak was discovered in scipy commit 8627df31ab in Py_FindObjects() function. Note: This is disputed as a bug and not a vulnerability. SciPy is not designed to be exposed to untrusted users or data directly.

Severity
Medium · CVSS 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Published
Source
[NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS
0.38% · Oct 27, 2026

Projects and upstream resources

Reported versions and fixes

Each observation applies to its named package, distribution, and release. Distribution backports can fix a vulnerability while retaining an older upstream version number.

Version impact has not been established. The original provider fields are retained below.

Provider details and historical evidence
Original provider fields
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OpenFactory catalog packages

Matching against OpenFactory catalog package versions is in progress.

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

  • [python3-scipy]Unknown

    Source package: [scipy]

    Details (2)

    • 1.10.1-2 · amd64 · bookworm

      Fixed · Fixed: 1.10.0-2

      dsa · scipy · debian · bookworm; dsa · scipy · debian · 12

    • 1.10.1-2 · arm64 · bookworm

      Fixed · Fixed: 1.10.0-2

      dsa · scipy · debian · bookworm; dsa · scipy · debian · 12

  • [python-scipy-doc]Unknown

    Source package: [scipy]

    Details (2)

    • 1.10.1-2 · all · bookworm

      Fixed · Fixed: 1.10.0-2

      dsa · scipy · debian · bookworm; dsa · scipy · debian · 12

    • 1.10.1-2 · all · bookworm

      Fixed · Fixed: 1.10.0-2

      dsa · scipy · debian · bookworm; dsa · scipy · debian · 12

[Debian 13 (Trixie)]

  • [python3-scipy]Unknown

    Source package: [scipy]

    Details (2)

    • 1.15.3-1 · amd64 · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 1.10.0-2

      dsa · scipy · debian · 13

    • 1.15.3-1 · arm64 · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 1.10.0-2

      dsa · scipy · debian · 13

  • [python-scipy-doc]Unknown

    Source package: [scipy]

    Details (2)

    • 1.15.3-1 · all · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 1.10.0-2

      dsa · scipy · debian · 13

    • 1.15.3-1 · all · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 1.10.0-2

      dsa · scipy · debian · 13

Observed:

References

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