CVE-2008-3143
Multiple integer overflows in Python before 2.5.2 might allow context-dependent attackers to have an unknown impact via vectors related to (1) Include/pymem.h; (2) _csv.c, (3) _struct.c, (4) arraymodule.c, (5) audioop.c, (6) binascii.c, (7) cPickle.c, (8) cStringIO.c, (9) cjkcodecs/multibytecodec.c, (10) datetimemodule.c, (11) md5.c, (12) rgbimgmodule.c, and (13) stropmodule.c in Modules/; (14) bufferobject.c, (15) listobject.c, and (16) obmalloc.c in Objects/; (17) Parser/node.c; and (18) asdl.c, (19) ast.c, (20) bltinmodule.c, and (21) compile.c in Python/, as addressed by "checks for integer overflows, contributed by Google."
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-190
- EPSS score
- 3.1% (88th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-3133)
- 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-2008-3133 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- python / python
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=232137(Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31332(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/32793(Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37471(Broken Link)
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-16.xml(Broken Link)
- http://svn.python.org/view?rev=60793&view=rev(Vendor Advisory)
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0243(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1667(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.python.org/download/releases/2.5.2/NEWS.txt(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.6/NEWS.txt(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495445/100/0/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/30491(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/2008/2288(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory)
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7720(Broken Link)
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8996(Broken Link)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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