Is CVE-2008-1887 being actively exploited?

CVE-2008-1887 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2008-1887?

CVE-2008-1887 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 9.3 (HIGH).

CVE-2008-1887

HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 6.3%EU EUVD

Python 2.5.2 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via multiple vectors that cause a negative size value to be provided to the PyString_FromStringAndSize function, which allocates less memory than expected when assert() is disabled and triggers a buffer overflow.

Key facts

CVSS score: 9.3 (v2.0)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-120
EPSS score: 6.3% (94th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2008-1887)
Published: April 18, 2008
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-1887 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
debian / debian linux
python / python

References

http://bugs.python.org/issue2587(Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29889(Not Applicable)
http://secunia.com/advisories/30872(Not Applicable)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31255(Not Applicable)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31365(Not Applicable)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31518(Not Applicable)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31687(Not Applicable)
http://secunia.com/advisories/33937(Not Applicable)
http://secunia.com/advisories/37471(Not Applicable)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-01.xml(Third Party Advisory)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438(Third Party Advisory)
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0122(Broken Link)
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1551(Patch, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1620(Patch, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.novell.com/support/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=InfoDocument-patchbuilder-readme5032900(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490776(Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/506056/100/0/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/28749(Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-632-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316(Permissions Required)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41944(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10407(Third Party Advisory)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8624(Third Party Advisory)

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

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