VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2008-1679

CVSS score6.8 MEDIUM
EPSS probability4.07%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2008-04-22
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

Multiple integer overflows in imageop.c in Python before 2.5.3 allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted images that trigger heap-based buffer overflows. NOTE: this issue is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-4965.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-190: Integer Overflow or Wraparound

Primary references