CVE-2008-3142 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2008-3142

Multiple buffer overflows in Python 2.5.2 and earlier on 32bit...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

References

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

python, ubuntu linux, debian linux
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 2.5.0, 6.06, 7.04, 7.10, 8.04, 4.0

Timeline

Official Publish: August 1st, 2008
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.