{
    "id": "CVE-2014-1912",
    "published": "2014-03-01 00:55:05",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 00:05:44",
    "cvss_score": "7.5",
    "cvss_severity": "HIGH",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P",
    "cwe": "CWE-119",
    "description": "Buffer overflow in the socket.recvfrom_into function in Modules/socketmodule.c in Python 2.5 before 2.7.7, 3.x before 3.3.4, and 3.4.x before 3.4rc1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted string.",
    "epss_score": "0.28112",
    "epss_percentile": "0.98051",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 18:17:12",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "apple",
            "product": "mac_os_x"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "python",
            "product": "python"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "31875",
            "title": "Python - 'socket.recvfrom_into()' Remote Buffer Overflow",
            "date": "2014-02-24",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/31875"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://bugs.python.org/issue20246",
        "http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/87673659d8f7",
        "http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00001.html",
        "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-04/msg00035.html",
        "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00008.html",
        "http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=GHXSmNEg",
        "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1064.html",
        "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1330.html",
        "http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2880",
        "http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/31875",
        "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/12/16",
        "http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html",
        "http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65379",
        "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029831",
        "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2125-1",
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-10",
        "https://support.apple.com/kb/HT205031",
        "https://www.trustedsec.com/february-2014/python-remote-code-execution-socket-recvfrom_into/",
        "http://bugs.python.org/issue20246",
        "http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/87673659d8f7",
        "http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00001.html",
        "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-04/msg00035.html",
        "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00008.html",
        "http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=GHXSmNEg"
    ]
}