CVE-2014-7185

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-7185
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-10-08 17:55:05 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionInteger overflow in bufferobject.c in Python before 2.7.8 allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory via a large size and offset in a "buffer" function.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.4 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-189 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Apple Mac Os X All All All All
Application Python Python 2.7.1 All All All
Application Python Python 2.7.1 rc1 All All
Application Python Python 2.7.1150 All All All
Application Python Python 2.7.1150 All All All
Application Python Python 2.7.2 rc1 All All
Application Python Python 2.7.2150 All All All
Application Python Python 2.7.3 All All All
Application Python Python 2.7.4 All All All
Application Python Python 2.7.5 All All All
Application Python Python 2.7.6 All All All
Application Python Python All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Python 'bufferobject.c' Integer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Bug 1146026 – CVE-2014-7185 python: buffer() integer overflow leading to out of bounds read af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Exploit
Gentoo Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
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
openSUSE-SU-2014:1292-1: moderate: update for python af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
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 Vendor Advisory
oss-security - CVE Request: Python 2.7 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Exploit
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: Python 2.7 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Oracle Linux Bulletin - January 2016 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com
Oracle Linux Bulletin - October 2015 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: python-2.7.5-14.fc20 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Issue 21831: integer overflow in 'buffer' type allows reading memory - Python tracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.python.org Exploit
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
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