CVE-2007-1657

critical

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the file_compress function in minigzip (Modules/zlib) in Python 2.5 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long file argument.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/462799/100/0/threaded

http://osvdb.org/43550

http://attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-March/001430.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2007-03-24

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.04462