CVE-2008-4864

Home/CVE/Multiple integer overflows in imageop.c in the imageop module in Python 1.5.2 through 2.5.1 allow context-dependent atta

CVE

Multiple integer overflows in imageop.c in the imageop module in Python 1.5.2 through 2.5.1 allow context-dependent atta

Multiple integer overflows in imageop.c in the imageop module in Python 1.5.2 through 2.5.1 allow context-dependent attackers to break out of the Python VM and execute arbitrary code via large integer values in certain arguments to the crop function, leading to a buffer overflow, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-4965 and CVE-2008-1679.

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 0.10929

Act now

EPSS ≥ 0.10 - elevated exploitation probability
EPSS percentile: top 6% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
Public exploit or PoC is available
CVSS base score ≥ 7.0

Sigma rules8 YARA rules0

⬡

Weakness Classification

CWE-190Integer Overflow or Wraparound

▤

Affected Products & Versions

python>= 1.5.2 and < 2.4.6

python>= 2.5.0 and < 2.5.3

⚠

Public Exploits & PoCs

dosPython < 2.5.2 Imageop Module - 'imageop.crop()' Buffer Overflowverified
dosPython 2.5.2 - 'Imageop' Module Argument Validation Buffer Overflowverified
pocscary.beasts.org · CESA-2008-008.htmlscary.beasts.org
pocwww.securityfocus.com · 31976www.securityfocus.com

◈

Sigma Hunt Rules

Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.

producthighPython Reverse Shell Execution Via PTY And Socket Modules

producthighInline Python Execution - Spawn Shell Via OS System Library

producthighPython One-Liners with Base64 Decoding - Linux

producthighPython Function Execution Security Warning Disabled In Excel

producthighPython One-Liners with Base64 Decoding

producthighPython Spawning Pretty TTY on Windows

Show all 8 top matches

producthighCredential Dumping Activity By Python Based Tool

producthighPython Function Execution Security Warning Disabled In Excel - Registry

▣

Scoring & Timeline

7.5

HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org

View on NVD

This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.

v2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Published to NVD01 Nov 2008 · 12:00 AM

⚑

Vendor Advisories

usnUSN-806-1
rhsaRHSA-2009:1177Low
rhsaRHSA-2009:1176Low
rhsaRHSA-2009:1178Low

🔗

References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/33937Not Applicable

http://secunia.com/advisories/37471Not Applicable

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438Third Party Advisory

http://svn.python.org/view/python/trunk/Modules/imageop.c?rev=66689&view=diff&r1=66689&r2=66688&p1=python/trunk/Modules/imageop.c&p2=/python/trunk/Modules/imageop.cPermissions Required

http://svn.python.org/view?rev=66689&view=revPermissions Required

Show all 15 references

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/27/2Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/29/3Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threadedThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31932Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.htmlThird Party Advisory

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316Permissions Required

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46606Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10702Third Party Advisory

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8354Broken Link

Intelligence Graph · click any node to traverse

CVETechnique ActorTool Family

drag to reposition · click any node to traverse · button top-right enlarges

External lookups - second-class, for what we don’t hold ourselves

NVD CVE.org CISA Vulners Exploit-DB GitHub PoC VulnCheck KEV GreyNoise

Vulnerabilities
CISA KEV catalog
CWE weaknesses
CAPEC attack patterns
Package vulnerabilities

Threat intelligence
Threat actors
Tools & malware
ATT&CK techniques
IOCs

Detection & defense
Sigma rules
YARA rules
Atomic Red Team tests
D3FEND countermeasures

Compliance
NIST 800-53
ISO 27001:2022
SOC 2 TSC
PCI-DSS v4.0
CIS Controls v8.1

About
All capabilities
Live statistics
Data sources
Privacy policy
Terms of service

threatengine.sh · Open-source threat intelligence platform · 100+ authoritative sources · Every fact traces to its origin