CVE-2013-7459
CRITICAL9.8EPSS 13.6%python-crypto - security update
Published: 12/14/2018Modified: 3/9/2026
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.
Affected packages (3)
- Debian/python-cryptofrom 0, < 2.6-4+deb7u4
- PyPI/pycryptofrom 0, <= 2.6.1
- PyPI/pycryptofrom 0, < 8dbe0dc3eea5c689d4f76b37b93fe216cf1f00d4 | from 0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
References (15)
- ADVISORYhttps://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cq27-v7xp-c356
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-7459
- PATCHhttps://github.com/dlitz/pycrypto
- WEBhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1409754
- WEBhttps://github.com/dlitz/pycrypto/commit/8dbe0dc3eea5c689d4f76b37b93fe216cf1f00d4
- WEBhttps://github.com/dlitz/pycrypto/issues/176
- WEBhttps://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/pycrypto/PYSEC-2017-94.yaml
- WEBhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/C6BWNADPLKDBBQBUT3P75W7HAJCE7M3B
- WEBhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/C6BWNADPLKDBBQBUT3P75W7HAJCE7M3B/
- WEBhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/RJ37R2YLX56YZABFNAOWV4VTHTGYREAE
- WEBhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/RJ37R2YLX56YZABFNAOWV4VTHTGYREAE/
- WEBhttps://pony7.fr/ctf:public:32c3:cryptmsg
- WEBhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-14
- WEBhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/27/8
- WEBhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95122