DEBIAN-CVE-2017-1000158

Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-1000158
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-1000158.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-1000158
Upstream
Published
2017-11-17T05:29:00Z
Modified
2025-09-25T22:40:31Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

CPython (aka Python) up to 2.7.13 is vulnerable to an integer overflow in the PyString_DecodeEscape function in stringobject.c, resulting in heap-based buffer overflow (and possible arbitrary code execution)

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / python2.7

Package

Name
python2.7
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/python2.7?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.7.13-4

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}