🛡️ UBUNTU-CVE-2023-49083
⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
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Description

cryptography is a package designed to expose cryptographic primitives and recipes to Python developers. Calling `load_pem_pkcs7_certificates` or `load_der_pkcs7_certificates` could lead to a NULL-pointer dereference and segfault. Exploitation of this vulnerability poses a serious risk of Denial of Service (DoS) for any application attempting to deserialize a PKCS7 blob/certificate. The consequences extend to potential disruptions in system availability and stability. This vulnerability has been patched in version 41.0.6.

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2023-12-04
Updated 2026-06-02
Modified 2026-02-04
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
python-cryptography 3.4.8-1ubuntu2.1

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