Vulnerability · NVD

CVE-2006-1542

CVE-2006-1542, Severity pending severity (CVSS —): 3 tracked apps concerned, all fixed or indeterminable on their current version.

Severity (CVSS): -
Exploitation: 0.9 %
Tracked apps: 3
Still exposed: 0

Public exploit : ExploitDB Published on 2006-03-30

Stack-based buffer overflow in Python 2.4.2 and earlier, running on Linux 2.6.12.5 under gcc 4.0.3 with libc 2.3.5, allows local users to cause a "stack overflow," and possibly gain privileges, by running a script from a current working directory that has a long name, related to the realpath function. NOTE: this might not be a vulnerability. However, the fact that it appears in a programming language interpreter could mean that some applications are affected, although attack scenarios might be limited because the attacker might already need to cross privilege boundaries to cause an exploitable program to be placed in a directory with a long name; or, depending on the method that Python uses to determine the current working directory, setuid applications might be affected.

EPSS 0.91% above median percentile 58.2%

Tracked apps referencing this CVE

For each app: the affected range, the fixing version, and where the tracked app stands today.

Python 3.12 Windows winget:Python.Python.3.12

Affected ≤2.4.2 Fixed in > 2.4.2 Latest tracked 3.12.10 patched
Python 3.13 Windows winget:Python.Python.3.13

Affected ≤2.4.2 Fixed in > 2.4.2 Latest tracked 3.13.15 patched
Python 3.14 Windows winget:Python.Python.3.14

Affected ≤2.4.2 Fixed in > 2.4.2 Latest tracked 3.14.7 patched

Vulnerable CPE configurations (1)

Vendor	Product	Platform	Versions	CPE 2.3 URI
python	python All platforms (wildcard)	All platforms (wildcard)	≤2.4.2	cpe:2.3:a:python:python::::::::

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