CVE-2013-7459
N/A
Published: February 15, 2017 at 03:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:02 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsFedoraPycrypto
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 10%
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the ALGnew function in block_templace.c in Python Cryptography Toolkit (aka pycrypto) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code as demonstrated by a crafted iv parameter to cryptmsg.py.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- https://github.com/dlitz/pycrypto/commit/8dbe0dc3eea5c689d4f76b37b93fe216cf1f00d4
- https://github.com/dlitz/pycrypto/issues/176
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/C6BWNADPLKDBBQBUT3P75W7HAJCE7M3B/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RJ37R2YLX56YZABFNAOWV4VTHTGYREAE/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-14
References (9)
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/27/8VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95122x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1409754x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/dlitz/pycrypto/commit/8dbe0dc3eea5c689d4f76b37b93fe216cf1f00d4x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/dlitz/pycrypto/issues/176Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/C6BWNADPLKDBBQBUT3P75W7HAJCE7M3B/Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RJ37R2YLX56YZABFNAOWV4VTHTGYREAE/x_refsource_MISCExploitTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://pony7.fr/ctf:public:32c3:cryptmsgQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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