CVE-2024-0450

Publication date 19 March 2024

Last updated 4 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.2 · Medium

Score breakdown

Description

An issue was found in the CPython `zipfile` module affecting versions 3.12.1, 3.11.7, 3.10.13, 3.9.18, and 3.8.18 and prior. The zipfile module is vulnerable to “quoted-overlap” zip-bombs which exploit the zip format to create a zip-bomb with a high compression ratio. The fixed versions of CPython makes the zipfile module reject zip archives which overlap entries in the archive.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
python2.7 25.10 questing Not in release
25.04 plucky Not in release
24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 2.7.18-13ubuntu1.5+esm3
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 2.7.18-1~20.04.7+esm4
18.04 LTS bionic
Needs evaluation
16.04 LTS xenial
Needs evaluation
14.04 LTS trusty
Needs evaluation
python3.4 25.10 questing Not in release
25.04 plucky Not in release
24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty
Needs evaluation
python3.5 25.10 questing Not in release
25.04 plucky Not in release
24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 3.5.2-2ubuntu0~16.04.13+esm13
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 3.5.2-2ubuntu0~16.04.4~14.04.1+esm1
python3.6 25.10 questing Not in release
25.04 plucky Not in release
24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 3.6.9-1~18.04ubuntu1.13+esm2
python3.7 25.10 questing Not in release
25.04 plucky Not in release
24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 3.7.5-2ubuntu1~18.04.2+esm3
python3.8 25.10 questing Not in release
25.04 plucky Not in release
24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 3.8.10-0ubuntu1~20.04.10
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 3.8.0-3ubuntu1~18.04.2+esm2
python3.9 25.10 questing Not in release
25.04 plucky Not in release
24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 3.9.5-3ubuntu0~20.04.1+esm2
python3.10 25.10 questing Not in release
25.04 plucky Not in release
24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 3.10.12-1~22.04.4
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
python3.11 25.10 questing Not in release
25.04 plucky Not in release
24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic
Fixed 3.11.6-3ubuntu0.1
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 3.11.0~rc1-1~22.04.1~esm1
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
python3.12 25.10 questing Not in release
25.04 plucky Not in release
24.10 oracular
Not affected
24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
23.10 mantic
Fixed 3.12.0-1ubuntu0.1
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release

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Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.2 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-7212-1
    • Python 2.7 vulnerabilities
    • 16 January 2025

Other references