# CVE-2023-38677: FPE in paddle.linalg.eig

- Also known as: GHSA-C6PH-M8CW-RFQH, PYSEC-2024-132
- Severity: CVSS 4.7 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.6.0
- Published: 2024-01-03 · Updated: 2025-04-17

## Affected

- PaddlePaddle: fixed in 2.6.0
- paddlepaddle (PyPI): fixed in 2.6.0
- paddlepaddle (PyPI): fixed in 2.6.0

## Description

FPE in paddle.linalg.eig in PaddlePaddle before 2.6.0. This flaw can cause a runtime crash and a denial of service.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on PaddlePaddle, paddlepaddle, upgrade to a fixed version (2.6.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/Paddle/blob/develop/security/advisory/pdsa-2023-009.md

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