{"cve":"CVE-2008-3142","nvd":{"published":"2008-08-01T14:41:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:55:13.783","status":"Modified","description":"Multiple buffer overflows in Python 2.5.2 and earlier on 32bit platforms allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or have unspecified other impact via a long string that leads to incorrect memory allocation during Unicode string processing, related to the unicode_resize function and the PyMem_RESIZE macro.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-120"],"references":["http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=232137","http://bugs.python.org/file10825/issue2620-gps02-patch.txt","http://bugs.python.org/issue2620","http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html"],"products":["canonical:ubuntu_linux","debian:debian_linux","python:python"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:52:44.811608366+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2008-3142","score":0.04493,"percentile":0.91488,"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."]}