CVE-2025-2953 (GCVE-0-2025-2953)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-03-30 15:31 – Updated: 2025-04-22 11:36 Disputed
VLAI
Title
PyTorch torch.mkldnn_max_pool2d denial of service
Summary
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in PyTorch 2.6.0+cu124. Affected by this issue is the function torch.mkldnn_max_pool2d. The manipulation leads to denial of service. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The real existence of this vulnerability is still doubted at the moment. The security policy of the project warns to use unknown models which might establish malicious effects.
Severity
4.8 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
3.3 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
3.3 (Low)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a PyTorch Affected: 2.6.0+cu124
Credits
Default436352 (VulDB User)
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