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CVE-2020-36242 (GCVE-0-2020-36242)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-02-07 19:50 – Updated: 2024-08-04 17:23
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Summary
In the cryptography package before 3.3.2 for Python, certain sequences of update calls to symmetrically encrypt multi-GB values could result in an integer overflow and buffer overflow, as demonstrated by the Fernet class.
Severity
9.1 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
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