CVE-2020-28975
mediumpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.035 · 89 %ileEUNLRUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
svm_predict_values in svm.cpp in Libsvm v324, as used in scikit-learn 0.23.2 and other products, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a crafted model SVM (introduced via pickle, json, or any other model permanence standard) with a large value in the _n_support array. NOTE: the scikit-learn vendor's position is that the behavior can only occur if the library's API is violated by an application that changes a private attribute.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5
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affected products (7)
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- business_intelligenceall versionsncsc_nlNLcpe:2.3:a:oracle:business_intelligence:7.0.0.0.0:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
advisories (3)
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- NCSC-2025-0028Kwetsbaarheden verholpen in Oracle AnalyticsNL2025-01-22csaf · ncsc_nlNL
Oracle heeft kwetsbaarheden verholpen in Oracle Analytics producten, zoals Business Intelligence, Analytics Desktop en BI Publisher.
- GHSA-jxfp-4rvq-9h9mscikit-learn Denial of Service2022-05-24ghsa · osvUS
svm_predict_values in svm.cpp in Libsvm v324, as used in scikit-learn 0.23.2 and other products, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a crafted model SVM (introduced via pickle, json, or any other model permanence standard) with a large value in the _n_support array. NOTE: the scikit-learn vendor's position is that the behavior can only occur if the library's API is violated by an application that changes a private attribute.
- PYSEC-2020-1082020-11-21vendor · osvUS
** DISPUTED ** svm_predict_values in svm.cpp in Libsvm v324, as used in scikit-learn 0.23.2 and other products, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a crafted model SVM (introduced via pickle, json, or any other model permanence standard) with a large value in the _n_support array. NOTE: the scikit-learn vendor's position is that the behavior can only occur if the library's API is violated by an application that changes a private attribute.
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references (21)
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- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Nov/44cnnvd
- https://github.com/cjlin1/libsvm/blob/9a3a9708926dec87d382c43b203f2ca19c2d56a0/svm.cpp#L2501cnnvd
- https://github.com/scikit-learn/scikit-learn/commit/1bf13d567d3cd74854aa8343fd25b61dd768bb85cnnvd
- https://github.com/scikit-learn/scikit-learn/issues/18891cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-28975cnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160281/SciKit-Learn-0.23.2-Denial-Of-Service.htmlcnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/170447/Gentoo-Linux-Security-Advisory-202301-03.htmlcnnvd
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202301-03cnnvd
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