Vulnerability Details CVE-2012-2135
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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.017
EPSS Ranking 81.3%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v2 Score 6.4
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=670389
- http://bugs.python.org/issue14579
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51087
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51089
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/25/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/25/4
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1615-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1616-1
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=670389
- http://bugs.python.org/issue14579
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51087
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51089
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/25/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/25/4
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1615-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1616-1
Products affected by CVE-2012-2135
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cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.7.0
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cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.7.1
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cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.7.2
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cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.7.3
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cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.2.1
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cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.2.2
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cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.2.3
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cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.3.0
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cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.3.1
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cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.3.2
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cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04
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cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.04
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cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10
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cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04
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cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.10
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cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:6.0