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CVE-2014-1858
__init__.py in f2py in NumPy before 1.8.1 allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.
- 5.5MediumCVSS base score
- 0.45%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 61% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
__init__.py in f2py in NumPy before 1.8.1 allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 4 years later
· 4 years later
Published
- 7 years later
· 7 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.45% · top 61% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
References
10
- FEDORA-2014-2387 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- https://github.com/numpy/numpy/commit/0bb46c1448b0d3f5453d5182a17ea7ac5854ee15 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=737778 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/numpy/numpy/pull/4262 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1062009 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 65441 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://github.com/numpy/numpy/blob/maintenance/1.8.x/doc/release/1.8.1-notes.rst (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- numpy-cve20141858-symlink(91318) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20140207 Re: CVE request: f2py insecure temporary file use (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- FEDORA-2014-2289 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2018-0107 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-cw6w-4rcx-xphc (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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