{"cve":"CVE-2006-4980","nvd":{"published":"2006-10-10T04:06:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:30:14.690","status":"Modified","description":"Buffer overflow in the repr function in Python 2.3 through 2.6 before 20060822 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted wide character UTF-32/UCS-4 strings to certain scripts.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061001-01-P.asc","http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=391589","http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=208162","http://kb.vmware.com/KanisaPlatform/Publishing/882/5120103_f.SAL_Public.html","http://secunia.com/advisories/22276"],"products":["python:python"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:43:14.363260067+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2006-4980","score":0.05504,"percentile":0.92793,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}