CVE-2024-0450

Published: Mar 19, 2024Modified: Jun 17, 2026Deferred

6.2

Vector

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

Exploitability: 2.5 / Impact: 3.6

Source: CNA (Secondary)

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.

Related CWEs

Asymmetric Resource Consumption (Amplification)

The product does not properly control situations in which an adversary can cause the product to consume or produce excessive resources without requiring the adversary to invest equivalent work or otherwise prove authorization, i.e., the adversary's influence is "asymmetric."

References (33)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/20/5

Source: cna@python.org

https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/30fe5d853b56138dbec62432d370a1f99409fc85

Source: cna@python.org

https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/66363b9a7b9fe7c99eba3a185b74c5fdbf842eba

Source: cna@python.org

https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/70497218351ba44bffc8b571201ecb5652d84675

Source: cna@python.org

https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/a2c59992e9e8d35baba9695eb186ad6c6ff85c51

Source: cna@python.org

https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/a956e510f6336d5ae111ba429a61c3ade30a7549

Source: cna@python.org

https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/d05bac0b74153beb541b88b4fca33bf053990183

Source: cna@python.org

https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/fa181fcf2156f703347b03a3b1966ce47be8ab3b

Source: cna@python.org

https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/109858

Source: cna@python.org

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/03/msg00024.html

Source: cna@python.org

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/03/msg00025.html

Source: cna@python.org

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T3IGRX54M7RNCQOXVQO5KQKTGWCOABIM/

Source: cna@python.org

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U5VHWS52HGD743C47UMCSAK2A773M2YE/

Source: cna@python.org

https://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce@python.org/thread/XELNUX2L3IOHBTFU7RQHCY6OUVEWZ2FG/

Source: cna@python.org

https://www.bamsoftware.com/hacks/zipbomb/

Source: cna@python.org

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/20/5

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/30fe5d853b56138dbec62432d370a1f99409fc85

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/66363b9a7b9fe7c99eba3a185b74c5fdbf842eba

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/70497218351ba44bffc8b571201ecb5652d84675

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/a2c59992e9e8d35baba9695eb186ad6c6ff85c51

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/a956e510f6336d5ae111ba429a61c3ade30a7549

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/d05bac0b74153beb541b88b4fca33bf053990183

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/fa181fcf2156f703347b03a3b1966ce47be8ab3b

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/109858

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/03/msg00024.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/03/msg00025.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/11/msg00005.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/12/msg00000.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T3IGRX54M7RNCQOXVQO5KQKTGWCOABIM/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U5VHWS52HGD743C47UMCSAK2A773M2YE/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce@python.org/thread/XELNUX2L3IOHBTFU7RQHCY6OUVEWZ2FG/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250411-0005/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://www.bamsoftware.com/hacks/zipbomb/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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