CVE-2016-5636
Public on 2016-07-20
Modified on 2016-07-20
Description
A vulnerability was discovered in Python, in the built-in zipimporter. A specially crafted zip file placed in a module path such that it would be loaded by a later "import" statement could cause a heap overflow, leading to arbitrary code execution.
Severity
Low
CVSS v3 Base Score
See breakdown
Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 1 | python26 | 2016-07-20 | ALAS-2016-724 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 1 | python27 | 2016-07-20 | ALAS-2016-724 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 1 | python34 | 2016-07-20 | ALAS-2016-724 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv2 | 4.4 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv3 | 4.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
| NVD | CVSSv2 | 10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| NVD | CVSSv3 | 9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |