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    CVE-2024-5642

    CPython 3.9 and earlier doesn't disallow configuring an empty list ("[]") for SSLContext.set_npn_protocols() which is an invalid value for the underlying OpenSSL API. This results in a buffer over-read when NPN is used (see CVE-2024-5535 for OpenSSL). This vulnerability is of low severity due to NPN being not widely used and specifying an empty list likely being uncommon in-practice (typically a protocol name would be configured).

    Published:Jun 27, 2024
    Last Modified:Apr 21, 2026
    EPS:Jun 27, 2024
    EPSS Score:0.00192
    CVSS Score:6.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Python
    Product
    Cpython

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-10 Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables
    CAPEC-101 Server Side Include (SSI) Injection
    CAPEC-104 Cross Zone Scripting
    CAPEC-108 Command Line Execution through SQL Injection
    CAPEC-109 Object Relational Mapping Injection
    CAPEC-110 SQL Injection through SOAP Parameter Tampering
    CAPEC-120 Double Encoding
    CAPEC-13 Subverting Environment Variable Values
    CAPEC-135 Format String Injection
    CAPEC-136 LDAP Injection
    CAPEC-14 Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow
    CAPEC-153 Input Data Manipulation
    CAPEC-182 Flash Injection
    CAPEC-209 XSS Using MIME Type Mismatch
    CAPEC-22 Exploiting Trust in Client
    CAPEC-23 File Content Injection
    CAPEC-230 Serialized Data with Nested Payloads
    CAPEC-231 Oversized Serialized Data Payloads
    CAPEC-24 Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow
    CAPEC-250 XML Injection
    CAPEC-261 Fuzzing for garnering other adjacent user/sensitive data
    CAPEC-267 Leverage Alternate Encoding
    CAPEC-28 Fuzzing
    CAPEC-3 Using Leading 'Ghost' Character Sequences to Bypass Input Filters
    CAPEC-31 Accessing/Intercepting/Modifying HTTP Cookies
    CAPEC-42 MIME Conversion
    CAPEC-43 Exploiting Multiple Input Interpretation Layers
    CAPEC-45 Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links
    CAPEC-46 Overflow Variables and Tags
    CAPEC-47 Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion
    CAPEC-473 Signature Spoof
    CAPEC-52 Embedding NULL Bytes
    CAPEC-53 Postfix, Null Terminate, and Backslash
    CAPEC-588 DOM-Based XSS
    CAPEC-63 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
    CAPEC-64 Using Slashes and URL Encoding Combined to Bypass Validation Logic
    CAPEC-664 Server Side Request Forgery
    CAPEC-67 String Format Overflow in syslog()
    CAPEC-7 Blind SQL Injection
    CAPEC-71 Using Unicode Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic
    CAPEC-72 URL Encoding
    CAPEC-73 User-Controlled Filename
    CAPEC-78 Using Escaped Slashes in Alternate Encoding
    CAPEC-79 Using Slashes in Alternate Encoding
    CAPEC-8 Buffer Overflow in an API Call
    CAPEC-80 Using UTF-8 Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic
    CAPEC-81 Web Server Logs Tampering
    CAPEC-83 XPath Injection
    CAPEC-85 AJAX Footprinting
    CAPEC-88 OS Command Injection
    CAPEC-9 Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities

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    References

    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/06/28/4
    https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/39258d3595300bc7b952854c915f63ae2d4b9c3e
    https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/a2cdbb6e8188ba9ba8b356b28d91bff60e86fe31
    https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/121227
    https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/23014
    https://jbp.io/2024/06/27/cve-2024-5535-openssl-memory-safety.html
    https://mail.python.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/PLP2JI3PJY33YG6P5BZYSSNU66HASXBQ/
    https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240726-0005/
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/06/28/4
    https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/39258d3595300bc7b952854c915f63ae2d4b9c3e
    https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/121227
    https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/23014
    https://jbp.io/2024/06/27/cve-2024-5535-openssl-memory-safety.html
    https://mail.python.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/PLP2JI3PJY33YG6P5BZYSSNU66HASXBQ/
    https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240726-0005/

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    User Interaction
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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