THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2006-4980
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2006-4980

Python vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
5.2%
EPSS pct
92th
Exploited
No known
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.
Affected vendor
Python
Affected product
Python
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published
2006-10-10

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 5.2% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 92% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2006-4980

  • Confirm whether Python Python is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2006-4980.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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