CVE-2014-7185

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-7185 describes an integer overflow vulnerability in the bufferobject.c component of Python versions prior to 2.7.8. This flaw allows attackers to potentially extract sensitive information from process memory by manipulating the size and offset parameters of a "buffer" function. With a CVSS score of 6.4, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity, but it can lead to partial confidentiality and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

Vendor	Product	Version(s)	CPE
		<= 2.7.7CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:python:python::::::::
		2.7.1CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.7.1:::::::*
		2.7.1CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.7.1:rc1::::::
		2.7.2CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.7.2:rc1::::::
		2.7.3CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.7.3:::::::*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.4MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

4.9

CvssVersion

2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score

5.12%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS Percentile

91.5%

Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group

As of 2026-07-27

Model: v2026.06.15

This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0512 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 23,723 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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 (30)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: python27-python-wheel-0:0.24.0-2.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: python-0:2.6.6-64.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: python-0:2.7.5-34.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: python27-0:1.1-17.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: python27-python-0:2.7.8-3.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: python27-python-pip-0:1.5.6-5.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: python27-python-setuptools-0:0.9.8-3.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: python27-python-simplejson-0:3.2.0-2.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: python27-python-wheel-0:0.24.0-2.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 EUSFixed in: python27-0:1.1-17.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 EUSFixed in: python27-python-0:2.7.8-3.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 EUSFixed in: python27-python-pip-0:1.5.6-5.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 EUSFixed in: python27-python-setuptools-0:0.9.8-3.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 EUSFixed in: python27-python-simplejson-0:3.2.0-2.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 EUSFixed in: python27-python-wheel-0:0.24.0-2.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 EUSFixed in: python27-0:1.1-17.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 EUSFixed in: python27-python-0:2.7.8-3.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 EUSFixed in: python27-python-pip-0:1.5.6-5.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 EUSFixed in: python27-python-setuptools-0:0.9.8-3.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 EUSFixed in: python27-python-simplejson-0:3.2.0-2.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 EUSFixed in: python27-python-wheel-0:0.24.0-2.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: python27-0:1.1-20.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: python27-python-0:2.7.8-3.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: python27-python-pip-0:1.5.6-5.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: python27-python-setuptools-0:0.9.8-5.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: python27-python-simplejson-0:3.2.0-3.el7

applevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference

redhatno patchvia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Software CollectionsFixed in: python27-python

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: python

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: python

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2014-7185Low

python: buffer() integer overflow leading to out of bounds read

References

bugs.python.org / issue21831

Exploit

lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00001.html

lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2014-October/139663.html

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2014-10/msg00016.html

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-1064.html

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-1330.html

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi

Exploit

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/96193

security.gentoo.org / glsa/201503-10

support.apple.com / kb/HT205031

Vendor Advisory

openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2014/09/23/5

Exploit

openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2014/09/25/47

oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html

oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html

securityfocus.com / bid/70089