FKIE_CVE-2008-1887
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-04-18 17:05 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:52
Severity
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| python | python | * | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 6.06 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 7.04 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 7.10 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 8.04 | |
| debian | debian_linux | 4.0 |
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