CVE-2024-9979

Pyo3: risk of use-after-free in `borrowed` reads from python weak references

Severity Score

5.3

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Track

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

Low

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Track

Exploitation

None

Automatable

Tech. Impact

Partial

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2024-10-15 CVE Reserved
2024-10-15 CVE Published
2024-10-16 EPSS Updated
2025-01-09 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-416: Use After Free

CAPEC

References (5)

URL	Tag	Source
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-9979	Vdb Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2318646	Issue Tracking
https://crates.io/crates/pyo3
https://github.com/PyO3/pyo3/pull/4590
https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2024-0378.html

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Red Hat Search vendor "Red Hat"		Enterprise Linux Search vendor "Red Hat" for product "Enterprise Linux"				*		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Ansible Automation Platform Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Ansible Automation Platform"				*		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux"				*		-		Affected