CVE-2008-5031 describes multiple integer overflow vulnerabilities in Python versions 2.2.3 through 2.5.1, and 2.6. These flaws, stemming from an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-2315, allow attackers to trigger an unknown impact by providing a large integer to the tabsize argument of the expandtabs method. With a CVSS score of 10.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C), this vulnerability is critical, indicating a network-exploitable flaw with low attack complexity that can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.3.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.4.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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