CVE-2025-4001 scipopt scip File Descriptor genRandomLOPInstance.c main file descriptor consumption
A local attacker can cause denial of service by exhausting file descriptors in the SCIP optimization library's example code.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-4001?
CVE-2025-4001 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in scipopt scip, published on 28 Apr 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A vulnerability has been found in scipopt scip up to 9.2.1 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function main of the file examples/LOP/src/genRandomLOPInstance.c of the component File Descriptor Handler. The manipulation of the argument File leads to uncontrolled file descriptor consumption. Local access is required to approach this attack. Upgrading to version 9.2.2 is able to address this issue. The identifier of the patch is d6da63b941216d75fbc1aefea9abf1de6712a2d0. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-4001?
How do I fix CVE-2025-4001?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-4001 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2025-4001 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-4001 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-62xf-w58m-88wm.