Out-of-Bounds Read in Python's String Interpreter Module
CVE-2024-57956 Published on February 6, 2025
Out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the interpreter string module Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect availability.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2024-57956 is exploitable with local system access, requires user interaction and a small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality and integrity, and a small impact on availability.
Weakness Type
Integer Overflow to Buffer Overflow
The product performs a calculation to determine how much memory to allocate, but an integer overflow can occur that causes less memory to be allocated than expected, leading to a buffer overflow.
Products Associated with CVE-2024-57956
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Affected Versions
Huawei HarmonyOS Version 5.0.0 is affected by CVE-2024-57956Exploit Probability
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