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CVE-2009-4134

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-4134 describes a buffer underflow vulnerability in the rgbimg module of Python 2.5. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service by providing a specially crafted black-and-white RGB image with a large ZSIZE value, leading to an application crash due to an invalid pointer dereference. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, and can be exploited with low attack complexity over the network, resulting in a denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.38%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0438 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 23,725 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: python-0:2.3.4-14.9.el4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: python-0:2.4.3-43.el5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2009-4134Low

python: rgbimg: multiple security issues

May 10, 2010

References

bugs.python.org / issue8678
Patch
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html
Mailing List
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatch
secunia.com / advisories/42888
Broken Link
secunia.com / advisories/43068
Broken Link
secunia.com / advisories/43364
Broken Link
support.apple.com / kb/HT4435
Third Party Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
Broken Link
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2011-0027.html
Third Party Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2011-0260.html
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/40361
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0122
Third Party Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0212
Third Party Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0413
Third Party Advisory