CVE-2013-7338 in Python
Summary
Python before 3.3.4 RC1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via a file size value larger than the size of the zip file to the (1) ZipExtFile.read, (2) ZipExtFile.read(n), (3) ZipExtFile.readlines, (4) ZipFile.extract, or (5) ZipFile.extractall function.
Reservation
03/18/2014
Disclosure
04/22/2014
Entries
VulDB provides additional information and datapoints for this CVE:
| ID | Vulnerability | CWE | Exp | Cou | CVE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12088 | Python zipfile.py ZipExtFile._read2 input validation | 20 | Proof-of-Concept | Official fix | CVE-2013-7338 |