CVE-2008-4864

Summary

CVECVE-2008-4864
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-11-01 00:00:00 UTC
Updated2022-07-05 18:48:00 UTC
DescriptionMultiple integer overflows in imageop.c in the imageop module in Python 1.5.2 through 2.5.1 allow context-dependent attackers to break out of the Python VM and execute arbitrary code via large integer values in certain arguments to the crop function, leading to a buffer overflow, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-4965 and CVE-2008-1679.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-190

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Python Python All All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 1.5.2 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 1.6 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 1.6.1 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.0 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.0.1 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.1 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.1.1 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.1.2 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.1.3 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.2 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.2.1 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.2.2 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.2.3 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.3 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.3.1 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.3.2 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.3.3 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.3.4 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.3.5 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.3.6 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.4 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.4.1 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.4.2 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.4.3 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.4.4 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.5 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.5.1 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 1.5.2 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 1.6 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 1.6.1 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.0 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.0.1 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.1 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.1.1 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.1.2 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.1.3 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.2 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.2.1 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.2.2 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.2.3 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.3 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.3.1 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.3.2 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.3.3 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.3.4 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.3.5 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.3.6 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.4 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.4.1 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.4.2 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.4.3 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.4.4 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.5 All All All
Application Python Software Foundation Python 2.5.1 All All All

References

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Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
APPLE-SA-2009-02-12 Security Update 2009-001 APPLE lists.apple.com
CESA-2008-008 - rev 1 MISC scary.beasts.org Exploit
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404 Not Found CONFIRM svn.python.org
RETIRED: Python Imageop Module 'imageop.crop()' Buffer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Exploit
VMSA-2009-0016.1 CONFIRM www.vmware.com
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oss-security - CVE Request - Python imageop MLIST www.openwall.com
VMware ESX and vMA Update for Multiple Packages - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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