# CVE-2020-28975: 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 servi

- Also known as: GHSA-JXFP-4RVQ-9H9M, PYSEC-2020-108
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.0.1, 0.24.dev0
- Published: 2020-11-21 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- scikit-learn (PyPI): from 0.23.2, fixed in 1.0.1
- scikit-learn (PyPI): fixed in 0.24.dev0

## Description

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.

## What to do

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## References

- https://github.com/scikit-learn/scikit-learn/issues/18891
- https://github.com/cjlin1/libsvm/blob/9a3a9708926dec87d382c43b203f2ca19c2d56a0/svm.cpp#L2501
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Nov/44
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160281/SciKit-Learn-0.23.2-Denial-Of-Service.html
- https://github.com/scikit-learn/scikit-learn/commit/1bf13d567d3cd74854aa8343fd25b61dd768bb85
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202301-03

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