VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2013-7338

CVSS score7.1 HIGH
EPSS probability5.05%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2014-04-22
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Description

Python before 3.3.4 RC1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via a file size value larger than the size of the zip file to the (1) ZipExtFile.read, (2) ZipExtFile.read(n), (3) ZipExtFile.readlines, (4) ZipFile.extract, or (5) ZipFile.extractall function.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

Primary references