CVE-2017-12852

Exp

The numpy.pad function in Numpy 1.13.1 and older versions is missing input validation. An empty list or ndarray will stick into an infinite loop, which can allow attackers to cause a DoS attack.

Published: 2017-08-15 Last update: 2026-05-13 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2017-12852 is rated High Exploit Risk (76.2/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.68%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.87% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2017-12852

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2017-12852

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.81% 2.68% +1.87%
2 2026-01-12 1.12% 0.81% -0.32%
3 2025-12-07 — 1.12% —

Full EPSS history (16 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2017-12852

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.0 HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 3.6 [email protected]
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2017-12852

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2017-12852

OS Trackers for CVE-2017-12852

vendor priority summary link
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-12852
suse medium CVE-2017-12852 severity moderate: SUSE including 295 source package names (amazon/suse-sles-15-sp1-chost-byos-v20210304-hvm-ssd-x86_64, amazon/suse-sles-15-sp1-chost-byos-v20220127-hvm-ssd-x86_64, …), 358 product×package rows across 58 product lines (SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0, SUSE CaaS Platform 4.5, … (58 product lines)): Known Affected 231, Known Not Affected 69, Fixed 58. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-12852/
ubuntu low CVE-2017-12852 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (python-numpy), 21 status rows across 21 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial, zesty): DNE 12, ignored 4, needed 2, not-affected 2, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-12852

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2017-12852

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
numpy numpy <= 1.13.1 cpe:2.3:a:numpy:numpy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2017-12852

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