CVEvulnerability
CVE-2023-49083
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2023-11-29
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.9 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-476
Description
cryptography is a package designed to expose cryptographic primitives and recipes to Python developers. Calling `load_pem_pkcs7_certificates` or `load_der_pkcs7_certificates` could lead to a NULL-pointer dereference and segfault. Exploitation of this vulnerability poses a serious risk of Denial of Service (DoS) for any application attempting to deserialize a PKCS7 blob/certificate. The consequences extend to potential disruptions in system availability and stability. This vulnerability has been patched in version 41.0.6.
Affected configurations
• cryptography.io cryptography (>= 3.1 < 41.0.6)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference weakness
References
- https://github.com/pyca/cryptography/commit/f09c261ca10a31fe41b1262306db7f8f1da0e48a Patch
- https://github.com/pyca/cryptography/pull/9926 Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/pyca/cryptography/security/advisories/GHSA-jfhm-5ghh-2f97 Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/QMNTYMUGFJSDBYBU22FUYBHFRZODRKXV/ lists.fedoraproject.org
- https://github.com/pyca/cryptography/commit/f09c261ca10a31fe41b1262306db7f8f1da0e48a Patch
- https://github.com/pyca/cryptography/pull/9926 Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/pyca/cryptography/security/advisories/GHSA-jfhm-5ghh-2f97 Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/10/msg00012.html lists.debian.org
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/QMNTYMUGFJSDBYBU22FUYBHFRZODRKXV/ lists.fedoraproject.org