Unscored severity · published Aug 1, 2008
CVE-2008-3142
Multiple buffer overflows in Python 2.5.2 and earlier on 32bit platforms allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or have unspecified other impact…
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CVSS
4.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Multiple buffer overflows in Python 2.5.2 and earlier on 32bit platforms allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or have unspecified other impact via a long string that leads to incorrect memory allocation during Unicode string processing, related to the unicode_resize function and the PyMem_RESIZE macro.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)4.5% · higher than 91% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
4.0 · source: NVD
PY
Python · Python
before 2.4.6; 2.5.0 before 2.5.3 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
6.06; 7.04; 7.10; 8.04 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3142
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-3142
Issue Tracking
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=232137
Exploit
http://bugs.python.org/file10825/issue2620-gps02-patch.txt
Issue Tracking
http://bugs.python.org/issue2620
Mailing List
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html
Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/31305
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