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CVE-2008-1679 affecting package python-py 1.11.0-1
Type: advisorySources: OSV
Multiple integer overflows in imageop.c in Python before 2.5.3 allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted images that trigger heap-based buffer overflows. NOTE: this issue is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-4965.
- Products
- python-py
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2008-1679
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 17:26 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
CVE-2008-1679 affecting package python-py 1.11.0-1
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 22 Apr 2008, 04:41 UTC
Multiple integer overflows in imageop.c in Python before 2.5.3 allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted images that trigger heap-based buffer overflows. NOTE: this issue is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-4965.
osv:AZL-109560
python-py
Fixed versions: Not specified
Complete source record
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