VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2006-4980

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability5.50%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2006-10-10
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

Buffer overflow in the repr function in Python 2.3 through 2.6 before 20060822 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted wide character UTF-32/UCS-4 strings to certain scripts.

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