Is CVE-2007-4965 being actively exploited?

CVE-2007-4965 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2007-4965?

CVE-2007-4965 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 5.8 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2007-4965

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.8EPSS 14.0%EU EUVD

Multiple integer overflows in the imageop module in Python 2.5.1 and earlier allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly obtain sensitive information (memory contents) via crafted arguments to (1) the tovideo method, and unspecified other vectors related to (2) imageop.c, (3) rbgimgmodule.c, and other files, which trigger heap-based buffer overflows.

Key facts

CVSS score: 5.8 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-190
EPSS score: 14.0% (97th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2007-4946)
Published: September 18, 2007
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-4946 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

python / python

References

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=192876(Third Party Advisory)
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179(Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html(Mailing List)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html(Mailing List)
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065826.html(Exploit)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00003.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000005.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/26837(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/27460(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/27562(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/27872(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/28136(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/28480(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/28838(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/33937(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/37471(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/38675(Broken Link)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438(Third Party Advisory)
http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100074697(Third Party Advisory)
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2007-0254(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.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200711-07.xml(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:012(Broken Link)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:013(Broken Link)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1076.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0629.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487990/100/0/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/25696(Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-585-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html(Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3201(Broken Link)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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