Heap-based buffer overflow in Python's zipimport module allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a negative data size value.

Heap-based buffer overflow in Python's zipimport module allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a negative data size value.

CVE-2016-5636 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Integer overflow in the get_data function in zipimport.c in CPython (aka Python) before 2.7.12, 3.x before 3.4.5, and 3.5.x before 3.5.2 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a negative data size value, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

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