CVE-2007-2052
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 13.6%EU EUVD
Off-by-one error in the PyLocale_strxfrm function in Modules/_localemodule.c for Python 2.4 and 2.5 causes an incorrect buffer size to be used for the strxfrm function, which allows context-dependent attackers to read portions of memory via unknown manipulations that trigger a buffer over-read due to missing null termination.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-193
- EPSS score
- 13.6% (96th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-2047)
- Published
- April 16, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-2047 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- python / python
- python / python
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=416934(Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000005.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25190(Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25217(Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25233(Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25353(Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25787(Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28027(Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28050(Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29032(Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29303(Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29889(Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31255(Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31492(Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37471(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1551(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1620(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:099(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_13_sr.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.5.1/NEWS.txt(Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1076.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1077.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0629.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/469294/30/6450/threaded(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488457/100/0/threaded(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23887(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0019/(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-585-1(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1465(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0637(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=235093(Issue Tracking)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34060(VDB Entry)
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1358(Third Party Advisory)
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11716(Broken Link)
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8353(Broken Link)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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