Python 2.5.2 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via multiple vectors that cause a negative size value to be provided to the PyString_FromStringAndSize function, which allocates less memory than expected when assert() is disabled and triggers a buffer overflow.
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2008-04-18T17:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-07T08:40:59.882Z
Reserved: 2008-04-18T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2008-1887
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NVD
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2008-04-18T17:05:00.000
Modified: 2022-06-27T16:33:47.583
Link: CVE-2008-1887
Redhat