Is CVE-2008-3144 being actively exploited?

CVE-2008-3144 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2008-3144?

CVE-2008-3144 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 5.0 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2008-3144

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 4.2%EU EUVD

Multiple integer overflows in the PyOS_vsnprintf function in Python/mysnprintf.c in Python 2.5.2 and earlier allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or have unspecified other impact via crafted input to string formatting operations. NOTE: the handling of certain integer values is also affected by related integer underflows and an off-by-one error.

Key facts

CVSS score: 5.0 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-190
EPSS score: 4.2% (91th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2008-3134)
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-2008-3134 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=232137(Third Party Advisory)
http://bugs.python.org/issue2588(Exploit)
http://bugs.python.org/issue2589(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/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/32793(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/33937(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/37471(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://svn.python.org/view?rev=63728&view=rev(Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
http://svn.python.org/view?rev=63734&view=rev(Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
http://svn.python.org/view?rev=63883&view=rev(Issue Tracking, 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.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://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44171(VDB Entry)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44173(VDB Entry)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10170(Broken Link)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7725(Broken Link)

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

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