CVE-2012-2135 — Vulnetix

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CVE-2012-2135 PUBLISHED CVSS 6.400000095367432 MEDIUM

The utf-16 decoder in Python 3.1 through 3.3 does not update the aligned_end variable after calling the unicode_decode_call_errorhandler function, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information (process memory) or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and crash) via unspecified vectors.

EPSS 1.37% · 80.1th percentile

Risk Scores

CVSS v2.0

6.400000095367432

EPSS Score

1.37%

80.1th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
canonical	ubuntu_linux	11.04, 12.10, 12.04
n/a	n/a	n/a
python	python	3.3.0, 3.2.0, 2.7.0
debian	debian_linux	6.0

Timeline

Aug 14, 2012 CVE Published
Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
Mar 28, 2022 EPSS Score
May 19, 2022 EPSS Score
Sep 1, 2022 EPSS Score
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Feb 4, 2023 EPSS Score
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Aug 31, 2023 EPSS Score

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/51087 url
http://secunia.com/advisories/51089 url
USN-1615-1 vendor-advisory
USN-1616-1 vendor-advisory
http://bugs.python.org/issue14579 url
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=670389 url
[oss-security] 20120425 Re: CVE Request: Python 3.2/3.3 utf-16 decoder unicode_decode_call_errorhandler aligned_end is not updated mailing-list
[oss-security] 20120425 CVE Request: Python 3.2/3.3 utf-16 decoder unicode_decode_call_errorhandler aligned_end is not updated mailing-list
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2135 advisory

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