CVE Catalog

CVE-2022-48560

HighCVSS 7.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

High risk
2.04%

81th percentile - higher than 81% of all known CVEs

Summary

A use-after-free exists in Python through 3.9 via heappushpop in heapq. It can lead to memory corruption during heap operations.

Risk Assessment

Exploitation may cause application crashes or potentially arbitrary code execution in the context of the Python process.

Recommendation

Update the Python interpreter to a version that includes the fix for CVE-2022-48560.

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Original NVD description (English source)

A use-after-free exists in Python through 3.9 via heappushpop in heapq.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS