DEBIAN-CVE-2024-0450

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CVE-2024-0450
Published: 19 Mar 2024, 16:15
Last modified:28 Apr 2026, 20:27

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
25/100
CVSS Score
6.2 MEDIUM
3.1 (osv_debian)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

19 Mar 2024, 16:15
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
28 Apr 2026, 20:27
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

An issue was found in the CPython `zipfile` module affecting versions 3.12.1, 3.11.7, 3.10.13, 3.9.18, and 3.8.18 and prior. The zipfile module is vulnerable to “quoted-overlap” zip-bombs which exploit the zip format to create a zip-bomb with a high compression ratio. The fixed versions of CPython makes the zipfile module reject zip archives which overlap entries in the archive.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 6.2CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Systems

  • debian•pypy3

    < 7.3.5+dfsg-2+deb11u3 | < 7.3.11+dfsg-2+deb12u2 | < 7.3.16+dfsg-1 | < 7.3.16+dfsg-1

  • debian•python2.7

    all

  • debian•python3.11

    < 3.11.2-6+deb12u2

  • debian•python3.9

    < 3.9.2-1+deb11u2

References (1)