Is CVE-2008-2316 being actively exploited?

CVE-2008-2316 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2008-2316?

CVE-2008-2316 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

CVE-2008-2316

HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 4.1%EU EUVD

Integer overflow in _hashopenssl.c in the hashlib module in Python 2.5.2 and earlier might allow context-dependent attackers to defeat cryptographic digests, related to "partial hashlib hashing of data exceeding 4GB."

Key facts

CVSS score: 7.5 (v2.0)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-189
EPSS score: 4.1% (91th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2008-2312)
Published: August 1, 2008
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-2312 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/attachment.cgi?id=159422&action=view(Exploit)
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=230640(Third Party 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/31305(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31332(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31358(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31365(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31473(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31518(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31687(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/33937(Broken Link)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-16.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://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0243(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:163(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/1/495445/100/0/threaded(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30491(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-632-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2288(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44173(VDB Entry)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44174(VDB Entry)

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

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