CVE-2019-12408
Missing Initialization of Resource in Apache Arrow
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 5.2%
Description
It was discovered that the C++ implementation (which underlies the R, Python and Ruby implementations) of Apache Arrow 0.14.0 to 0.14.1 had a uninitialized memory bug when building arrays with null values in some cases. This can lead to uninitialized memory being unintentionally shared if Arrow Arrays are transmitted over the wire (for instance with Flight) or persisted in the streaming IPC and file formats.
How to fix CVE-2019-12408
To remediate CVE-2019-12408, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 0.15.1 or later
- —upgrade to 0.15.0 or later
- —upgrade to 0.15.1 or later
Is CVE-2019-12408 being exploited?
Moderate — EPSS is 5.2%. Track this CVE but it's not at the top of the prioritisation list.
Affected packages (3)
- >= 0.14.0, < 0.15.1
- >= 0.14.0, < 0.15.0
- >= 0.14.0, < 0.15.1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |