CVE-2008-4864
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 21.0%EU EUVD
Multiple integer overflows in imageop.c in the imageop module in Python 1.5.2 through 2.5.1 allow context-dependent attackers to break out of the Python VM and execute arbitrary code via large integer values in certain arguments to the crop function, leading to a buffer overflow, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-4965 and CVE-2008-1679.
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
- 21.0% (98th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-4843)
- Published
- November 1, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-4843 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- python / python
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2008-008.html(Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33937(Not Applicable)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37471(Not Applicable)
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438(Third Party Advisory)
- http://svn.python.org/view/python/trunk/Modules/imageop.c?rev=66689&view=diff&r1=66689&r2=66688&p1=python/trunk/Modules/imageop.c&p2=/python/trunk/Modules/imageop.c(Permissions Required)
- http://svn.python.org/view?rev=66689&view=rev(Permissions Required)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/27/2(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/29/3(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31932(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31976(Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- 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/46606(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10702(Third Party Advisory)
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8354(Broken Link)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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