CVE-2009-4134
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 5 · Out-of-bounds write
5CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
Buffer underflow in the rgbimg module in Python 2.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a large ZSIZE value in a black-and-white (aka B/W) RGB image that triggers an invalid pointer dereference.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)4%
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: http://bugs.python.org/issue8678 ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://bugs.python.org/issue8678Patch
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.htmlAdvisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42888
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43068
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43364
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:215