CVE-2020-8315

Summary

CVECVE-2020-8315
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-01-28 19:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-07-21 11:39:00 UTC
DescriptionIn Python (CPython) 3.6 through 3.6.10, 3.7 through 3.7.6, and 3.8 through 3.8.1, an insecure dependency load upon launch on Windows 7 may result in an attacker's copy of api-ms-win-core-path-l1-1-0.dll being loaded and used instead of the system's copy. Windows 8 and later are unaffected.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-427

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Python Python All All All All
Application Python Python All All All All
Application Python Python All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Issue 39401: [CVE-2020-8315] Unsafe dll loading in getpathp.c on Win7 - Python tracker MISC bugs.python.org Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 296073 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 24.75.2 Missing (CPUJUL2020)
  • 376090 IBM Cognos Analytics Multiple Vulnerabilities (6491661)
  • 500591 Alpine Linux Security Update for python3
  • 504341 Alpine Linux Security Update for python3
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