CyberRota Analysis
This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.3. See the original NVD description below for full technical details.
CVE
CVE-2008-1887
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
9.3
EPSS
6.29%
Original NVD Description
Python 2.5.2 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via multiple vectors that cause a negative size value to be provided to the PyString_FromStringAndSize function, which allocates less memory than expected when assert() is disabled and triggers a buffer overflow.