CVE-2013-7459

CriticalCVSS 9.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the ALGnew function in block_templace.c in Python Cryptography Toolkit (aka pycrypto) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code as demonstrated by a crafted iv parameter to cryptmsg.py.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 9.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-119

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Feb 15, 2017
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2013-7459: Critical severity, CVSS 9.8 | Vulnix