CVE-2024-9979

Publication date 15 October 2024

Last updated 11 July 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.3 · Medium

Score breakdown

A flaw was found in PyO3. This vulnerability causes a use-after-free issue, potentially leading to memory corruption or crashes via unsound borrowing from weak Python references.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
rust-pyo3 25.04 plucky
Not affected
24.10 oracular Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
24.04 LTS noble
Needs evaluation
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.3 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Low
Integrity impact Low
Availability impact Low
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L