Is CVE-2008-1679 being actively exploited?

CVE-2008-1679 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2008-1679?

CVE-2008-1679 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 6.8 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2008-1679

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 4.1%EU EUVD

Multiple integer overflows in imageop.c in Python before 2.5.3 allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted images that trigger heap-based buffer overflows. NOTE: this issue is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-4965.

Key facts

CVSS score: 6.8 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-190
EPSS score: 4.1% (91th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2008-1680)
Published: April 22, 2008
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-1680 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.python.org/issue1179(Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
http://bugs.python.org/msg64682(Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html(Mailing List)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29889(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29955(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/30872(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31255(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31358(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31365(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31518(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31687(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/33937(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/38675(Broken Link)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-01.xml(Third Party Advisory)
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.525289(Third Party Advisory)
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-2008-0149(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1551(Patch, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1620(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:163(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:164(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.novell.com/support/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=InfoDocument-patchbuilder-readme5032900(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-632-1(Third Party Advisory)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41958(VDB Entry)
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2424(Third Party Advisory)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10583(Broken Link)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7800(Broken Link)

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

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