PSF-2017-6

Import Source

https://github.com/psf/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/python/PSF-2017-6.json

Aliases

• CVE-2017-1000158

Published

2017-11-17T00:00:00Z

Modified

2023-11-08T03:58:43.558517Z

Summary

PyString_DecodeEscape integer overflow

Details

CPython (aka Python) up to 2.7.13 is vulnerable to an integer overflow in the PyString_DecodeEscape function in stringobject.c, resulting in heap-based buffer overflow (and possible arbitrary code execution)

References

• https://bugs.python.org/issue30657