CVE-2016-5636
critical-risk
Published 2016-09-02
Integer overflow in the get_data function in zipimport.c in CPython (aka Python) before 2.7.12, 3.x before 3.4.5, and 3.5.x before 3.5.2 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a negative data size value, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
Do I need to act?
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38.6% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 61% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
9
CVSS 9.8/10
Critical
NETWORK
/ LOW complexity
Affected Products (20)
Affected Vendors
References (30)
Issue Tracking
https://bugs.python.org/issue26171
Release Notes
https://hg.python.org/cpython/raw-file/v2.7.12/Misc/NEWS
and 10 more references
71
/ 100
critical-risk
Severity
32/34 · Critical
Exploitability
17/34 · Moderate
Exposure
22/34 · High