CVE-2009-0367

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 10.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-03-05 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The Python AI module in Wesnoth 1.4.x and 1.5 before 1.5.11 allows remote attackers to escape the sandbox and execute arbitrary code by using a whitelisted module that imports an unsafe module, then using a hierarchical module name to access the unsafe module through the whitelisted module.

Affected products

Wesnoth: 1.4, 1.4.1, 1.4.2, 1.4.3, 1.4.4, 1.4.5 (+13)

References

http://launchpad.net/bugs/335089
http://launchpad.net/bugs/336396
http://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/2009-0367
http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth_1.4.7-4/changelog
http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth_1.5.12-1/changelog
http://secunia.com/advisories/34058
http://secunia.com/advisories/34236
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1737
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0595
http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=24247
http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=24340
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49058

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