CVE-2010-2089 Memory corruption in n/a
Attackers can cause denial of service via memory corruption in the Python audioop module by providing crafted arguments to functions like reverse.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2010-2089?
CVE-2010-2089 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Python Python, published on 27 May 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The audioop module in Python 2.7 and 3.2 does not verify the relationships between size arguments and byte string lengths, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via crafted arguments, as demonstrated by a call to audioop.reverse with a one-byte string, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-1634.
Weakness: CWE-787
Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-2089?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Python Python.
How do I fix CVE-2010-2089?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2010-2089 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2010-2089 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Python Python
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2010-2089, GHSA-8428-fhph-pvrc, PSF-2010-5.