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CVE-2006-4980

HIGH CVSS: 7.5 Published: 2006-10-10 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in the repr function in Python 2.3 through 2.6 before 20060822 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted wide character UTF-32/UCS-4 strings to certain scripts.

Affected Platforms

Python Python

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References