GitHub Advisoryadvisory · PyPI

GHSA-cq27-v7xp-c356 Buffer Overflow in pycrypto

CRITICAL Published 2018-12-14 Modified 2024-10-18 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2013-7459
Ecosystem
PyPI
Packages
pycrypto
Severity
Critical
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-119
Reviewed
2020-06-16

Affected packages

• PyPI pycrypto: <= 2.6.1 (no fix yet)

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the ALGnew function in block_templace.c in Python Cryptography Toolkit (aka pycrypto) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code as demonstrated by a crafted iv parameter to cryptmsg.py.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2013-7459 Heap-based buffer overflow in the ALGnew function in block_templace.c in Python Cryptography Toolkit (aka pycrypto) allows remote attackers… vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness

References