CVE-2008-1679

MediumCVSS 6.8/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Multiple integer overflows in imageop.c in Python before 2.5.3 allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted images that trigger heap-based buffer overflows. NOTE: this issue is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-4965.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 6.8/10AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-190

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Apr 22, 2008
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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