CVE detail
CVE-2012-2135 — CVE-2012-2135
Published 2012-08-14 · Modified 2026-06-16 · Vendor python · Product python · Source nvd
UNKNOWN
severity
CVSS-derived band
0.0455
EPSS probability
exploitation probability, 30d
91.0%
EPSS percentile
percentile vs all CVEs
NOT LISTED
CISA KEV
known exploited catalog
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.
Remediation
No vendor-published fix data in our corpus for this CVE. Check the references below or the vendor's PSIRT / security advisories page.
References