CVE-2023-38678 Segfault in paddle.mode

What is CVE-2023-38678?

CVE-2023-38678 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in PaddlePaddle, published on 3 Jan 2024. 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

OOB access in paddle.mode in PaddlePaddle before 2.6.0. This flaw can cause a runtime crash and a denial of service.

Weakness: CWE-125

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-38678?

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

Products include Paddlepaddle Paddlepaddle.

How do I fix CVE-2023-38678?

Upgrade paddlepaddle to 2.6.0 or later.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2023-38678 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-38678 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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-mr78-v55p-7777, PYSEC-2024-133.