Buffer Overflow Affecting oracle-free-21-extras package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.37% (29th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-MINIMOSLATEST-ORACLEFREE21EXTRAS-17434687
  • published24 Jun 2026
  • disclosed17 Dec 2021

Introduced: 17 Dec 2021

CVE-2021-41496  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-120  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Minimos:latest oracle-free-21-extras.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream oracle-free-21-extras package and not the oracle-free-21-extras package as distributed by Minimos. See How to fix? for Minimos:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

Buffer overflow in the array_from_pyobj function of fortranobject.c in NumPy < 1.19, which allows attackers to conduct a Denial of Service attacks by carefully constructing an array with negative values. NOTE: The vendor does not agree this is a vulnerability; the negative dimensions can only be created by an already privileged user (or internally)

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1