CVE-2013-7338

Summary

CVECVE-2013-7338
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-04-22 14:23:34 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionPython 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.1 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Apple Mac Os X All All All All
Application Python Python 3.3.0 - All All
Application Python Python 3.3.0 alpha1 All All
Application Python Python 3.3.0 alpha2 All All
Application Python Python 3.3.0 alpha3 All All
Application Python Python 3.3.0 alpha4 All All
Application Python Python 3.3.0 beta1 All All
Application Python Python 3.3.0 beta2 All All
Application Python Python 3.3.0 rc1 All All
Application Python Python 3.3.0 rc2 All All
Application Python Python 3.3.0 rc3 All All
Application Python Python 3.3.1 - All All
Application Python Python 3.3.1 rc1 All All
Application Python Python 3.3.2 All All All
Application Python Python 3.3.3 All All All
Application Python Python 3.3.3 rc1 All All
Application Python Python 3.3.3 rc2 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Gentoo Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
APPLE-SA-2015-08-13-2 OS X Yosemite v10.10.5 and Security Update 2015-006 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com Mailing List
About the security content of OS X Yosemite v10.10.5 and Security Update 2015-006 - Apple Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Changelog — Python v3.3.3 documentation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 docs.python.org Vendor Advisory
Issue 20078: zipfile - ZipExtFile.read goes into 100% CPU infinite loop on maliciously binary edited zips - Python tracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.python.org Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
cpython: 79ea4ce431b1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 hg.python.org Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Python Zipfile Processing Flaw Lets Remote Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
oss-sec: CVE request for python/zipfile af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
oss-sec: Re: CVE request for python/zipfile af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2014:0597-1: moderate: update for python3 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Malformed Request af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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