Staging Environment: Content and features may be unstable or change without notice.
Search for vulnerabilities
Vulnerability details: VCID-dpsq-73nq-hbcg
Vulnerability ID VCID-dpsq-73nq-hbcg
Aliases CVE-2017-1000158
Summary CPython (aka Python) up to 2.7.13 is vulnerable to an integer overflow in the PyString_DecodeEscape function in stringobject.c, resulting in heap-based buffer overflow (and possible arbitrary code execution)
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 7.3
Risk 3.6
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound
System Score Found at
cvssv3 8.1 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-1000158.json
epss 0.0359 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-1000158
epss 0.0359 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-1000158
epss 0.0359 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-1000158
cvssv3.1 8.1 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-1000158.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-1000158
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-1000158
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-1060
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-1061
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14647
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
1519595 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1519595
GLSA-201805-02 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-02
USN-3496-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3496-1/
USN-3496-2 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3496-2/
USN-3496-3 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3496-3/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-1000158.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.87968
EPSS Score 0.0359
Published At June 4, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-06-04T17:08:35.754826+00:00 Debian Importer Import https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/data/json 38.6.0