{
    "id": "CVE-2013-7459",
    "published": "2017-02-15 15:59:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 00:02:00",
    "cvss_score": "9.8",
    "cvss_severity": "CRITICAL",
    "cvss_version": "3.0",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "cwe": "CWE-119",
    "description": "Heap-based buffer overflow in the ALGnew function in block_templace.c in Python Cryptography Toolkit (aka pycrypto) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code as demonstrated by a crafted iv parameter to cryptmsg.py.",
    "epss_score": "0.09578",
    "epss_percentile": "0.95340",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 0,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-05 18:17:11",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 3,
        "label": "In your normal cycle",
        "why": "Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "dlitz",
            "product": "pycrypto"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "fedoraproject",
            "product": "fedora"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/27/8",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95122",
        "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1409754",
        "https://github.com/dlitz/pycrypto/commit/8dbe0dc3eea5c689d4f76b37b93fe216cf1f00d4",
        "https://github.com/dlitz/pycrypto/issues/176",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/C6BWNADPLKDBBQBUT3P75W7HAJCE7M3B/",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RJ37R2YLX56YZABFNAOWV4VTHTGYREAE/",
        "https://pony7.fr/ctf:public:32c3:cryptmsg",
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-14",
        "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/27/8",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95122",
        "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1409754",
        "https://github.com/dlitz/pycrypto/commit/8dbe0dc3eea5c689d4f76b37b93fe216cf1f00d4",
        "https://github.com/dlitz/pycrypto/issues/176",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/C6BWNADPLKDBBQBUT3P75W7HAJCE7M3B/",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RJ37R2YLX56YZABFNAOWV4VTHTGYREAE/",
        "https://pony7.fr/ctf:public:32c3:cryptmsg",
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-14"
    ]
}