CVE-2008-1887
HIGH 9.3EPSS 6.3%
Python 2.5.2 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via multiple vectors that cause a negative size value to be provided to the PyString_FromStringAndSize function, which allocates less memory than expected when assert() is disabled and triggers a buffer overflow.
- CVSS v2.0 NVD
- 9.3 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - EPSS
- 6.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 94th percentile
- Published
- 2008-04-18
- Updated
- 2024-08-07
Proof-of-concept exploits (1)
Security advisories
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-01.xml
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1551
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1620
- http://www.novell.com/support/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=InfoDocument-…
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490776
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/506056/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28749
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-632-1
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41944
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10…
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A86…