VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2008-3144

CVSS score5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability4.23%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2008-08-01
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Description

Multiple integer overflows in the PyOS_vsnprintf function in Python/mysnprintf.c in Python 2.5.2 and earlier allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or have unspecified other impact via crafted input to string formatting operations. NOTE: the handling of certain integer values is also affected by related integer underflows and an off-by-one error.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-190: Integer Overflow or Wraparound

Primary references