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There’s a buffer overflow in the ctypes PyCArg_repr() function.
Dates:
Disclosure date: 2021-01-16 (Python issue bpo-42938 reported)
Python 3.6.13 (2021-02-16) fixed by commit 34df10a (branch 3.6) (2021-01-18)
Python 3.7.10 (2021-02-16) fixed by commit d9b8f13 (branch 3.7) (2021-01-18)
Python 3.8.8 (2021-02-19) fixed by commit ece5dfd (branch 3.8) (2021-01-18)
Python 3.9.2 (2021-02-19) fixed by commit c347cbe (branch 3.9) (2021-01-18)
Python 3.10.0 (2021-10-04) fixed by commit 916610e (branch 3.10) (2021-01-18)
[security][CVE-2021-3177] ctypes double representation BoF.
Python issue: bpo-42938
Creation date: 2021-01-16
Reporter: Jordy Zomer
Python 3.x through 3.9.1 has a buffer overflow in PyCArg_repr in _ctypes/callproc.c, which may lead to remote code execution in certain Python applications that accept floating-point numbers as untrusted input, as demonstrated by a 1e300 argument to c_double.from_param. This occurs because sprintf is used unsafely.
CVE ID: CVE-2021-3177
Published: 2021-01-19
CVSS Score: 7.5
Timeline using the disclosure date 2021-01-16 as reference:
2021-01-16: Python issue bpo-42938 reported by Jordy Zomer
2021-01-18 (+2 days): commit 34df10a (branch 3.6)
2021-01-18 (+2 days): commit 916610e (branch 3.10)
2021-01-18 (+2 days): commit c347cbe (branch 3.9)
2021-01-18 (+2 days): commit d9b8f13 (branch 3.7)
2021-01-18 (+2 days): commit ece5dfd (branch 3.8)
2021-01-19 (+3 days): CVE-2021-3177 published
2021-02-16 (+31 days): Python 3.6.13 released
2021-02-16 (+31 days): Python 3.7.10 released
2021-02-19 (+34 days): Python 3.8.8 released
2021-02-19 (+34 days): Python 3.9.2 released
2021-10-04: Python 3.10.0 released
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