CVE-2018-20406
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Dec 23, 2018
- Updated
- Oct 15, 2026
- Reserved
- Dec 23, 2018
Description
Modules/_pickle.c in Python before 3.7.1 has an integer overflow via a large LONG_BINPUT value that is mishandled during a "resize to twice the size" attempt. This issue might cause memory exhaustion, but is only relevant if the pickle format is used for serializing tens or hundreds of gigabytes of data. This issue is fixed in: v3.4.10, v3.4.10rc1; v3.5.10, v3.5.10rc1, v3.5.7, v3.5.7rc1, v3.5.8, v3.5.8rc1, v3.5.8rc2, v3.5.9; v3.6.10, v3.6.10rc1, v3.6.11, v3.6.11rc1, v3.6.12, v3.6.7, v3.6.7rc1, v3.6.7rc2, v3.6.8, v3.6.8rc1, v3.6.9, v3.6.9rc1; v3.7.1, v3.7.1rc1, v3.7.1rc2, v3.7.2, v3.7.2rc1, v3.7.3, v3.7.3rc1, v3.7.4, v3.7.4rc1, v3.7.4rc2, v3.7.5, v3.7.5rc1, v3.7.6, v3.7.6rc1, v3.7.7, v3.7.7rc1, v3.7.8, v3.7.8rc1, v3.7.9.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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n/an/a |
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References
- https://bugs.python.org/issue34656
- [debian-lts-announce] 20190207 [SECURITY] [DLA 1663-1] python3.4 security updatemailing-list
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/a4ae828ee416a66d8c7bf5ee71d653c2cc6a26dd
- FEDORA-2019-6e1938a3c5vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2019-6baeb15da3vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2019-cf725dd20bvendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2019-6b02154aa0vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2019-7d9f3cf3cevendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2019-51f1e08207vendor-advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190416-0010/
- USN-4127-2vendor-advisory
- USN-4127-1vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2019:3725vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2020:0086vendor-advisory
- [debian-lts-announce] 20200715 [SECURITY] [DLA 2280-1] python3.5 security updatemailing-list
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