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CRITICAL
CVE-2016-5636
CPython Python Integer Overflow Buffer Overflow
Description

Integer overflow in the get_data function in zipimport.c in CPython (aka Python) before 2.7.12, 3.x before 3.4.5, and 3.5.x before 3.5.2 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a negative data size value, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

INFO

Published Date :

Sept. 2, 2016, 2:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 2:54 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2016-5636 has a 5 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2016-5636 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Python python
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2016-5636.

URL Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00040.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2586.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/15/15 Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/16/1 Mailing List
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91247
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038138
http://www.splunk.com/view/SP-CAAAPSV
http://www.splunk.com/view/SP-CAAAPUE
https://bugs.python.org/issue26171 Issue Tracking Patch
https://docs.python.org/3.4/whatsnew/changelog.html#python-3-4-5 Release Notes
https://docs.python.org/3.5/whatsnew/changelog.html#python-3-5-2 Release Notes
https://hg.python.org/cpython/raw-file/v2.7.12/Misc/NEWS Release Notes
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00011.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-18
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00040.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2586.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/15/15 Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/16/1 Mailing List
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91247
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038138
http://www.splunk.com/view/SP-CAAAPSV
http://www.splunk.com/view/SP-CAAAPUE
https://bugs.python.org/issue26171 Issue Tracking Patch
https://docs.python.org/3.4/whatsnew/changelog.html#python-3-4-5 Release Notes
https://docs.python.org/3.5/whatsnew/changelog.html#python-3-5-2 Release Notes
https://hg.python.org/cpython/raw-file/v2.7.12/Misc/NEWS Release Notes
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00011.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-18

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

None

C Perl 6 Perl ASP HTML Rich Text Format Visual Basic TeX Assembly Shell

Updated: 3 months, 1 week ago
1 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : June 13, 2019, 1:51 p.m. This repo has been linked 308 different CVEs too.

None

Makefile Go Dockerfile

Updated: 1 year, 2 months ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Aug. 21, 2018, 2:07 a.m. This repo has been linked 5 different CVEs too.

Vulnerability scanner for Linux/FreeBSD, agentless, written in golang.

Makefile Go

Updated: 1 year, 5 months ago
1 stars 2 fork 2 watcher
Born at : Aug. 27, 2017, 8:17 p.m. This repo has been linked 5 different CVEs too.

CVE-2016-5636

Python Makefile HTML CSS C JavaScript Shell

Updated: 5 months, 2 weeks ago
3 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : March 28, 2016, 6:47 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

The vm images in this repo are lost, we recommend our new project: https://github.com/hust-open-atom-club/S2VulnHub

linux vulnerability reproduction cve edb

Shell C Perl PHP TeX Python Assembly Makefile HTML XSLT

Updated: 3 days, 13 hours ago
328 stars 71 fork 71 watcher
Born at : July 30, 2015, 10:36 a.m. This repo has been linked 309 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2016-5636 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2016-5636 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 21, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00040.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 09, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00011.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 05, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2586.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 12, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038138 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 01, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-18 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 24, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.splunk.com/view/SP-CAAAPUE [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.splunk.com/view/SP-CAAAPSV [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 28, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91247 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 23, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 02, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.7.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 3 OR *cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/16/1 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/16/1 Mailing List
    Changed Reference Type https://docs.python.org/3.4/whatsnew/changelog.html#python-3-4-5 No Types Assigned https://docs.python.org/3.4/whatsnew/changelog.html#python-3-4-5 Release Notes
    Changed Reference Type https://docs.python.org/3.5/whatsnew/changelog.html#python-3-5-2 No Types Assigned https://docs.python.org/3.5/whatsnew/changelog.html#python-3-5-2 Release Notes
    Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/15/15 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/15/15 Mailing List
    Changed Reference Type https://hg.python.org/cpython/raw-file/v2.7.12/Misc/NEWS No Types Assigned https://hg.python.org/cpython/raw-file/v2.7.12/Misc/NEWS Release Notes
    Changed Reference Type https://bugs.python.org/issue26171 No Types Assigned https://bugs.python.org/issue26171 Issue Tracking, Patch
    Added CWE CWE-190
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 02, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2016-5636 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2016-5636 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

2.77 }} 0.76%

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0.90740

percentile

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