Description
Python's elementtree C accelerator failed to initialise Expat's hash salt during initialization. This could make it easy to conduct denial of service attacks against Expat by constructing an XML document that would cause pathological hash collisions in Expat's internal data structures, consuming large amounts CPU and RAM. The vulnerability exists in Python versions 3.7.0, 3.6.0 through 3.6.6, 3.5.0 through 3.5.6, 3.4.0 through 3.4.9, 2.7.0 through 2.7.15.
Published: 2018-09-25
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: 1.6% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1834-1 python2.7 security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1835-1 python3.4 security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4306-1 python2.7 security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4307-1 python3.5 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-6545 Python's elementtree C accelerator failed to initialise Expat's hash salt during initialization. This could make it easy to conduct denial of service attacks against Expat by constructing an XML document that would cause pathological hash collisions in Expat's internal data structures, consuming large amounts CPU and RAM. The vulnerability exists in Python versions 3.7.0, 3.6.0 through 3.6.6, 3.5.0 through 3.5.6, 3.4.0 through 3.4.9, 2.7.0 through 2.7.15.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3817-1 Python vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3817-2 Python vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6891-1 Python vulnerabilities
History

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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{'score': 0.01275}

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{'score': 0.01572}


Fri, 11 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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{'score': 0.013}

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{'score': 0.01275}


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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T09:38:13.104Z

Reserved: 2018-07-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-14647

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Status : Modified

Published: 2018-09-25T00:29:00.703

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:49:30.067

Link: CVE-2018-14647

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Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2018-09-22T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-14647 - Bugzilla

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