Vulnerability in Python Software Foundation

CVE-2007-1657

Stack-based buffer overflow in the file_compress function in minigzip (Modules/zlib) in Python 2.5 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long file argument.

EPSS: 0.047 (90.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Python_software_foundation Python — versions 2.5
N/a — versions n/a

References

cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_VIM)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_OSVDB, vdb-entry)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)