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Multiple buffer overflows in Python 2.5.2 and earlier on...

High severity Unreviewed Published May 1, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 27, 2023

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

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.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Aug 1, 2008
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 1, 2022
Last updated Jan 27, 2023

Severity

High

EPSS score

0.227%
(62nd percentile)

CVE ID

CVE-2008-3142

GHSA ID

GHSA-p7xr-j3cg-2w5r

Source code

No known source code

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