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CVE-2024-9979

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Description

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.

Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
5.3 (v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Deferred
Source identifier
Published
2024-10-15 14:15:05.817000
Last modified
2026-11-05 15:17:05.870000
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  "id": "CVE-2024-9979",
  "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
  "published": "2024-10-15T14:15:05.817",
  "lastModified": "2026-11-05T15:17:05.870",
  "vulnStatus": "Deferred",
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      "value": "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."
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "value": "Se encontró una falla en PyO3. Esta vulnerabilidad provoca un problema de use-after-free, que puede provocar daños en la memoria o fallas debido a un préstamo incorrecto de referencias débiles de Python."
    }
  ],
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          "scope": "UNCHANGED",
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      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
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      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2318646",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://crates.io/crates/pyo3",
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    },
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      "url": "https://github.com/PyO3/pyo3/pull/4590",
      "source": "[email protected]"
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      "url": "https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2024-0378.html",
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}