Description
A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability was found in Python 2.7. By exploiting this vulnerability malicious users possibly can execute arbitrary code. This vulnerability can be exploited remotely via an integer overflow in the PyString_DecodeEscape function in stringobject.c.
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CVE list
- CVE-2017-1000158 critical
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