CVE-2008-3144
N/A
Published: August 1, 2008 at 02:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:55 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorPython
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%
Description
Multiple integer overflows in the PyOS_vsnprintf function in Python/mysnprintf.c in Python 2.5.2 and earlier allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or have unspecified other impact via crafted input to string formatting operations. NOTE: the handling of certain integer values is also affected by related integer underflows and an off-by-one error.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://bugs.python.org/issue2589
- 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-200807-16.xml
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.525289
References (37)
x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=232137x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://bugs.python.org/issue2589Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_APPLEMailing List
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.htmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/31305Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/31332Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/31358Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-190
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