CVE-2014-1912
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 27.2%EU EUVD
Buffer overflow in the socket.recvfrom_into function in Modules/socketmodule.c in Python 2.5 before 2.7.7, 3.x before 3.3.4, and 3.4.x before 3.4rc1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted string.
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-119
- EPSS score
- 27.2% (98th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2014-1973)
- Published
- March 1, 2014
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-1973 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- apple / mac os x
- python / python
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and 2 more…
Certified products that may be affected
2 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- Apple Mac OS X 10.6 - Apple Inc. - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0536-2010 - archived
- Apple Mac OS X v10.3.6 and Apple Mac OS X Server V10.3.6 - Apple Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-0086-2005 - archived
References
- http://bugs.python.org/issue20246(Patch)
- http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/87673659d8f7
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-04/msg00035.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00008.html
- http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=GHXSmNEg(Exploit)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1064.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1330.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2880
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/31875(Exploit)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/12/16
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65379
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029831
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2125-1
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-10
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT205031(Vendor Advisory)
- https://www.trustedsec.com/february-2014/python-remote-code-execution-socket-recvfrom_into/(Exploit)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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