PSF-2008-2

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    PSF-2008-2

    Published: 10 Apr 2008Last Modified: 9 Oct 2025
    Aliases:
    CVE-2008-1721

    Summary: Multiple integer overflows (Apple)

    Details: 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.

    References: https://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3ce5d9207e66d61d4b0502cf47ed2d2bcdd2212f

    Affected versions

    v0.9.8
    v0.9.9

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High