CVE-2012-2135
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Aug 14, 2012
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Apr 4, 2012
Description
The utf-16 decoder in Python 3.1 through 3.3 does not update the aligned_end variable after calling the unicode_decode_call_errorhandler function, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information (process memory) or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and crash) via unspecified vectors.
Scores
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Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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n/an/a |
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References
- USN-1615-1vendor-advisory
- 51087third-party-advisory
- USN-1616-1vendor-advisory
- http://bugs.python.org/issue14579
- 51089third-party-advisory
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=670389
- [oss-security] 20120425 Re: CVE Request: Python 3.2/3.3 utf-16 decoder unicode_decode_call_errorhandler aligned_end is not updatedmailing-list
- [oss-security] 20120425 CVE Request: Python 3.2/3.3 utf-16 decoder unicode_decode_call_errorhandler aligned_end is not updatedmailing-list
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