CVE-2014-7185
Integer overflow in bufferobject.c in Python before 2.7.8 allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory via a large size and offset in a "buffer" function.
02 Description
Integer overflow in bufferobject.c in Python before 2.7.8 allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory via a large size and offset in a "buffer" function.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 5.12% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 92.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2014-10-08 17:00Z12 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 12:40Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2014-09-25
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 7db26cc66b800c59a08acab9d770379bf04b5dcc16d2b707900f94ec0162375a
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20140925 Re: CVE Request: Python 2.7http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/25/47
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2014-11559http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-October/139663.html
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.compython-bufferobject-overflow(96193)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96193
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1146026
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20140923 CVE Request: Python 2.7http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/23/5
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2015:1064http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1064.html
- www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
- bugs.python.orghttp://bugs.python.org/issue21831
- www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201503-10https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-10
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2015-08-13-2http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00001.html
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2015:1330http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1330.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2014:1292http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-10/msg00016.html
- support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/kb/HT205031
- www.securityfocus.com70089http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70089
07 Fixed in
Debian 11
- python2.7 Fixed in 2.7.8-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- python2.7 Fixed in 2.7.6-8ubuntu0.2
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.