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CVE-2024-0450

MEDIUM
Published 2024-03-19T15:12:07.789Z
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CVSS Score

V3.1
6.2
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.002
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.2% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.393
Higher than 39.3% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH

Description

An issue was found in the CPython `zipfile` module affecting versions 3.12.1, 3.11.7, 3.10.13, 3.9.18, and 3.8.18 and prior.

The zipfile module is vulnerable to “quoted-overlap” zip-bombs which exploit the zip format to create a zip-bomb with a high compression ratio. The fixed versions of CPython makes the zipfile module reject zip archives which overlap entries in the archive.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

No news articles found for this CVE.

Affected Products

Python Software Foundation

CPython

Affected Versions:

0 3.9.0 3.10.0 3.11.0 3.12.0 3.13.0a1
python

cpython

Affected Versions:

0 3.9.18 3.10.13 3.11.7 3.12.1

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed MODERATE

GHSA-jm46-725r-hh9v

Advisory Details

An issue was found in the CPython `zipfile` module affecting versions 3.12.2, 3.11.8, 3.10.13, 3.9.18, and 3.8.18 and prior. The zipfile module is vulnerable to “quoted-overlap” zip-bombs which exploit the zip format to create a zip-bomb with a high compression ratio. The fixed versions of CPython makes the zipfile module reject zip archives which overlap entries in the archive.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

5.0

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-0450
WEB https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/109858
WEB https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/30fe5d853b56138dbec62432d370a1f99409fc85
WEB https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/66363b9a7b9fe7c99eba3a185b74c5fdbf842eba
WEB https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/a2c59992e9e8d35baba9695eb186ad6c6ff85c51
WEB https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/a956e510f6336d5ae111ba429a61c3ade30a7549
WEB https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/d05bac0b74153beb541b88b4fca33bf053990183
WEB https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/fa181fcf2156f703347b03a3b1966ce47be8ab3b
WEB https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/03/msg00024.html
WEB https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/03/msg00025.html
WEB https://mail.python.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/XELNUX2L3IOHBTFU7RQHCY6OUVEWZ2FG
WEB https://www.bamsoftware.com/hacks/zipbomb

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: March 19, 2024, Modified: March 25, 2024

References

https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/66363b9a7b9fe7c99eba3a185b74c5fdbf842eba
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/fa181fcf2156f703347b03a3b1966ce47be8ab3b
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/a956e510f6336d5ae111ba429a61c3ade30a7549
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/30fe5d853b56138dbec62432d370a1f99409fc85
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/a2c59992e9e8d35baba9695eb186ad6c6ff85c51
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/d05bac0b74153beb541b88b4fca33bf053990183
https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/109858
https://www.bamsoftware.com/hacks/zipbomb/
https://mail.python.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/XELNUX2L3IOHBTFU7RQHCY6OUVEWZ2FG/
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/03/msg00024.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/03/msg00025.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/20/5
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/70497218351ba44bffc8b571201ecb5652d84675
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/T3IGRX54M7RNCQOXVQO5KQKTGWCOABIM/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/U5VHWS52HGD743C47UMCSAK2A773M2YE/
Published: 2024-03-19T15:12:07.789Z
Last Modified: 2025-04-11T22:03:14.930Z
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