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GHSA-jhx7-j4rm-xpm8
GHSA-jhx7-j4rm-xpm8
PUBLISHED
CVSS 9.300000190734863 CRITICAL
Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 13, 2022
Buffer overflow in the socket.recvfrom_into function in Modules/socketmodule.c in Python 2.5 before 2.7.7, 3.x before 3.3.4, and 3.4.x before 3.4rc1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted string.
Risk scores
CVSS 4.0
9.300000190734863
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Timeline
- May 13, 2022 CVE Published
- Apr 9, 2026 Distribution Patch (2 in total, the first dated here)
- Apr 9, 2026 Security Advisory
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References
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-10 url
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT205031 url
- http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/87673659d8f7 url
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2880 url
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html url
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html url
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029831 url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-1912 advisory
- https://www.trustedsec.com/february-2014/python-remote-code-execution-socket-recvfrom_into url
- http://bugs.python.org/issue20246 url
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00001.html url
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-04/msg00035.html url
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00008.html url
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1064.html url
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/12/16 url
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65379 url
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2125-1 url
- http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=GHXSmNEg url
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1330.html url
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/31875 url