PYSEC-2019-236

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    PYSEC-2019-236

    Published: 11 Sept 2019Last Modified: 10 Jun 2026

    Summary:

    Details: An issue was discovered in py-lmdb 0.97. For certain values of md_flags, mdb_node_add does not properly set up a memcpy destination, leading to an invalid write operation. NOTE: this outcome occurs when accessing a data.mdb file supplied by an attacker.

    References: https://github.com/TeamSeri0us/pocs/tree/master/lmdb/lmdb%20initialization%20vuln, https://pypi.org/project/lmdb, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16224, https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9q62-r72g-pvv7

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: lmdb

    Purl: pkg:pypi/lmdb

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.98

    Affected versions

    0.58

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    User Interaction
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    Integrity
    None
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    Availability
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