CVE-2008-3143

Name: CVE-2008-3143
Creator: NVD / NIST
Published: 2008-08-01T14:41:00+00:00
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

UnknownEPSS 3.67%

Last modified Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2008-3143 is a vulnerability of currently unknown severity. Multiple integer overflows in Python before 2.5.2 might allow context-dependent attackers to have an unknown impact via vectors related to (1) Include/pymem.h; (2) _csv.c, (3) _struct.c, (4) arraymodule.c, (5) audioop.c, (6) binascii.c, (7) cPickle.c, (8) cStringIO.c, (9) cjkcodecs/multibytecodec.c, (10) datetimemodule.c, (11) md5.c, (12) rgbimgmodule.c, and (13) stropmodule.c in Modules/; (14) bufferobject.c, (15) listobject.c, and (16) obmalloc.c in Objects/; (17) Parser/node.c; and (18) asdl.c, (19) ast.c, (20) bltinmodule.c, and (21) compile.c in Python/, as addressed by "checks for integer overflows, contributed by Google.". EPSS estimates a 3.67% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Description

Multiple integer overflows in Python before 2.5.2 might allow context-dependent attackers to have an unknown impact via vectors related to (1) Include/pymem.h; (2) _csv.c, (3) _struct.c, (4) arraymodule.c, (5) audioop.c, (6) binascii.c, (7) cPickle.c, (8) cStringIO.c, (9) cjkcodecs/multibytecodec.c, (10) datetimemodule.c, (11) md5.c, (12) rgbimgmodule.c, and (13) stropmodule.c in Modules/; (14) bufferobject.c, (15) listobject.c, and (16) obmalloc.c in Objects/; (17) Parser/node.c; and (18) asdl.c, (19) ast.c, (20) bltinmodule.c, and (21) compile.c in Python/, as addressed by "checks for integer overflows, contributed by Google."

Metrics

EPSS Probability

3.67%

88.2th percentile

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. Learn more

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-190

Affected Software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Python	Python	< 2.5.12

References

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=232137Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31332Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/31365Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/31473Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/31518Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/31687Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/32793Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/37471Broken Link
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-16.xmlBroken Link
http://svn.python.org/view?rev=60793&view=revVendor Advisory
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0243Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1667Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:163Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:164Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://www.novell.com/support/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=InfoDocument-patchbuilder-readme5032900Third Party Advisory
http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.5.2/NEWS.txtVendor Advisory
http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.6/NEWS.txtVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495445/100/0/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30491Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-632-1Third Party Advisory
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2288Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7720Broken Link
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8996Broken Link
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=232137Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31332Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/31365Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/31473Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/31518Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/31687Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/32793Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/37471Broken Link
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-16.xmlBroken Link
http://svn.python.org/view?rev=60793&view=revVendor Advisory
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0243Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1667Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:163Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:164Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://www.novell.com/support/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=InfoDocument-patchbuilder-readme5032900Third Party Advisory
http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.5.2/NEWS.txtVendor Advisory
http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.6/NEWS.txtVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495445/100/0/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30491Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-632-1Third Party Advisory
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2288Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7720Broken Link
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8996Broken Link

Timeline

Published: Aug 1, 2008
Last Modified: Jun 16, 2026
Status: Modified

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Severity scoring for CVE-2008-3143 is pending analysis. The EPSS model estimates a 3.67% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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Source: NVD / NIST