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CVE-2008-1721

CVE-2008-1721

EPSS 22.6%
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.
Affected products
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public PoCs found — 1
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References
http://bugs.python.org/issue2586http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.htmlhttp://secunia.com/advisories/29889http://secunia.com/advisories/29955http://secunia.com/advisories/30872http://secunia.com/advisories/31255http://secunia.com/advisories/31358http://secunia.com/advisories/31365http://secunia.com/advisories/33937http://secunia.com/advisories/37471http://secunia.com/advisories/38675http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-01.xml