CVE-2010-1634: canonical ubuntu_linux Integer Overflow or Wraparound

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2010-1634 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) Integer Overflow or Wraparound vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 4.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 27-05-2010
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 07-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Multiple integer overflows in audioop.c in the audioop module in Python 2.6, 2.7, 3.1, and 3.2 allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a large fragment, as demonstrated by a call to audioop.lin2lin with a long string in the first argument, leading to a buffer overflow. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2008-3143.5.

• CWE-190Integer Overflow or WraparoundThe product performs a calculation that can produce an integer overflow or wraparound when the logic assumes that the resulting value will always be larger than the original value. This occurs when an integer value is incremented to a value that is too large to store in the associated representation. When this occurs, the value may become a very small or negative number.