CVE catalog
CVE-2008-3142
python2.4 - several vulnerabilities
- Severity
- Unknown
- Published
- Updated
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 4.49% · Oct 27, 2026
Multiple buffer overflows in Python 2.5.2 and earlier on 32bit platforms allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or have unspecified other impact via a long string that leads to incorrect memory allocation during Unicode string processing, related to the unicode_resize function and the PyMem_RESIZE macro. python: Multiple buffer overflows in unicode processing
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | python2.4 | 4.0 | 2.4.4-3 | vulnerable |
| Debian | python2.4 | 4.0 | 2.4.4-3+etch1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | python2.4 | 4.0 | 2.4.4-3+etch2 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | python2.4 | deb | 4.0 | 2.4.4-3+etch2 | Not reported | DSA-1667-1 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
No matching packages in this catalog.
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/suse-su-2020_0234-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-1667-1]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2008/cve-2008-3142.json]
[FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]