CVE-2018-1061
HIGH7.5EPSS 1.8%Published: 6/19/2018Modified: 11/19/2025
Also known as:ALPINE-CVE-2018-1061DEBIAN-CVE-2018-1061
Description
python before versions 2.7.15, 3.4.9, 3.5.6rc1, 3.6.5rc1 and 3.7.0 is vulnerable to catastrophic backtracking in the difflib.IS_LINE_JUNK method. An attacker could use this flaw to cause denial of service.
Affected packages (3)
- Alpine/python2from 0, < 2.7.15-r0
- Alpine/python3from 0, < 3.5.6-r0
- Debian/python2.7from 0, < 2.7.14-7
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |