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CVE-2014-1912

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Description

Buffer overflow in the socket.recvfrom_into function in Modules/socketmodule.c in Python 2.5 before 2.7.7, 3.x before 3.3.4, and 3.4.x before 3.4rc1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted string.

References

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT205031

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-10

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2125-1

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029831

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65379

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/12/16

http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2880

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1330.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1064.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00008.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-04/msg00035.html

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00001.html

http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/87673659d8f7

http://bugs.python.org/issue20246

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2014-03-01

Updated: 2025-04-12

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: 4.8

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

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.17259

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