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CVE-2017-1000158
CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-11-17T05:29:00.280 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:58:50.643

Summary

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)

Affected products

python — python

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References

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