CVE-2008-1679

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-04-22 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-190

Description

Multiple integer overflows in imageop.c in Python before 2.5.3 allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted images that trigger heap-based buffer overflows. NOTE: this issue is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-4965.

Affected products

Python: before 2.5.3 — fixed in 2.5.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Python 2.5.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://bugs.python.org/issue1179
http://bugs.python.org/msg64682
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/29889
http://secunia.com/advisories/29955
http://secunia.com/advisories/30872
http://secunia.com/advisories/31255
http://secunia.com/advisories/31358
http://secunia.com/advisories/31365
http://secunia.com/advisories/31518
http://secunia.com/advisories/31687

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