FKIE_CVE-2008-1721
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-04-10 19:05 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:52
Severity
Summary
Integer signedness error in the zlib extension module in Python 2.5.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a negative signed integer, which triggers insufficient memory allocation and a buffer overflow.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| python | python | * | |
| python | python | * | |
| debian | debian_linux | 4.0 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 6.06 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 7.04 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 7.10 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 8.04 |
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