---
id: CVE-2023-38670
aliases:
  - GHSA-rr46-m366-gm44
  - PYSEC-2023-123
title: Null pointer dereference in PaddlePaddle
summary: Null pointer dereference in PaddlePaddle
severity: medium
cvss: 4.7
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N'
vendor: paddlepaddle
product: paddlepaddle
ecosystem: pip
affected:
  - paddlepaddle < 2.5.0
patched:
  - paddlepaddle 2.5.0
published: '2023-07-26'
updated: '2026-09-10'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-10T03:49:54.718898284Z'
source: OSV
sourceUrl: 'https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-rr46-m366-gm44'
references:
  - url: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38670'
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/Paddle/commit/ed96baeed19b4e11b6cbc2dcc6776245ba5fab13
  - url: 'https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/Paddle'
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/Paddle/blob/develop/security/advisory/pdsa-2023-002.md
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/paddlepaddle/PYSEC-2023-123.yaml
tags:
  - osv
  - pip
epss: 0.00658
epssPercentile: 0.49274
ingestedAt: '2026-09-12T03:13:01.726Z'
---

## Overview

Null pointer dereference in paddle.flip in PaddlePaddle before 2.5.0. This resulted in a runtime crash and denial of service.


## Affected packages

- `paddlepaddle < 2.5.0`

## Remediation

Upgrade to a patched release:

- `paddlepaddle 2.5.0`