CVE-2008-2316

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 4
Modified
Published: 01 Aug 2008, 14:00
Last modified:07 Aug 2024, 08:58

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
40/100
CVSS Score
7.5 HIGH
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
1.69% LOW
2% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
1 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

01 Aug 2008, 14:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
07 Aug 2024, 08:58
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Integer overflow in _hashopenssl.c in the hashlib module in Python 2.5.2 and earlier might allow context-dependent attackers to defeat cryptographic digests, related to "partial hashlib hashing of data exceeding 4GB."

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•HIGH•Score: 7.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 1.69%• Percentile: 83%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-189•Numeric Errors

    Weaknesses in this category are related to improper calculation or conversion of numbers.

Affected Systems

  • python•python

    ≤ 2.5.2

References (24)