CVE-2020-10735

Public on 2022-09-09
Modified on 2024-06-21
Description
A flaw was found in python. In algorithms with quadratic time complexity using non-binary bases, when using int("text"), a system could take 50ms to parse an int string with 100,000 digits and 5s for 1,000,000 digits (float, decimal, int.from_bytes(), and int() for binary bases 2, 4, 8, 16, and 32 are not affected). The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
Severity
Medium severity
Medium
CVSS v3 Base Score
7.5
See breakdown

Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 2 - Core python3 2022-12-01 ALAS2-2022-1896 Fixed
Amazon Linux 2023 python3.9 2023-03-06 ALAS2023-2023-116 Fixed
Amazon Linux 1 python35 No Fix Planned
Amazon Linux 1 python36 No Fix Planned
Amazon Linux 1 python38 No Fix Planned
Amazon Linux 2 - Python3.8 Extra python38 2023-08-21 ALAS2PYTHON3.8-2023-007 Fixed

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD CVSSv3 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H