CVE-2023-38669 Use after free in PaddlePaddle

What is CVE-2023-38669?

CVE-2023-38669 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in PaddlePaddle, published on 26 Jul 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Use after free in paddle.diagonal in PaddlePaddle before 2.5.0. This resulted in a potentially exploitable condition.

Weakness: CWE-416

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-38669?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including paddlepaddle. It affects 1 product.

Products include Paddlepaddle Paddlepaddle.

How do I fix CVE-2023-38669?

Upgrade paddlepaddle to 2.5.0 or later.

Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.

Is CVE-2023-38669 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-38669 exists.

Other vulnerabilities in PaddlePaddle

• CVE-2022-46742 PaddlePaddle vulnerable to Code Injection Critical 10.0
• CVE-2022-45908 PaddlePaddle vulnerable to code injection via winstr Critical 9.8
• CVE-2023-52310 Command injection in get_online_pass_interval Critical 9.6
• CVE-2023-52311 Command injection in _wget_download Critical 9.6
• CVE-2023-52314 Command injection in convert_shape_compare Critical 9.6

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-8wfh-qxxv-3q8c, PYSEC-2023-122.