>> Python Zlib Extension negative Value Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Title : Python Zlib Extension negative Value Buffer Overflow Vulnerability VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-1229 CVE ID : CVE-2008-1721
Rated as : Moderate Risk
Remotely Exploitable : Yes Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2008-04-16
Technical Description
A vulnerability has been identified in Python, which could be exploited by attackers to cause a denial of service or compromise an affected system. This issue is caused by a buffer overflow errror in the zlib extension when handling negative signed integers, which could be exploited to trigger insufficient memory allocation and a buffer overflow, leading to arbitrary code execution.
