CVE-2023-38670 — Null pointer dereference in paddle

Null pointer dereference in paddle.flip in PaddlePaddle before 2.5.0. This resulted in a runtime crash and denial of service.

01What is this vulnerability?

Null pointer dereference in paddle.flip in PaddlePaddle before 2.5.0. This resulted in a runtime crash and denial of service.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
PaddlePaddle	PaddlePaddle	0

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-07-26T10:50:12.245Z
• Last modified: 2024-10-23T14:26:06.624Z

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/Paddle/blob/develop/security/advisory/pdsa-2023-…