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CVE-2023-36632 Detail

Disputed     

Current Description

The legacy email.utils.parseaddr function in Python through 3.11.4 allows attackers to trigger "RecursionError: maximum recursion depth exceeded while calling a Python object" via a crafted argument. This argument is plausibly an untrusted value from an application's input data that was supposed to contain a name and an e-mail address. NOTE: email.utils.parseaddr is categorized as a Legacy API in the documentation of the Python email package. Applications should instead use the email.parser.BytesParser or email.parser.Parser class. NOTE: the vendor's perspective is that this is neither a vulnerability nor a bug. The email package is intended to have size limits and to throw an exception when limits are exceeded; they were exceeded by the example demonstration code.


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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
Base Score:  7.5 HIGH
Vector:  CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Hyperlink Resource
https://docs.python.org/3/library/email.html Product 
https://docs.python.org/3/library/email.html Product 
https://docs.python.org/3/library/email.utils.html Product 
https://docs.python.org/3/library/email.utils.html Product 
https://github.com/Daybreak2019/PoC_python3.9_Vul/blob/main/RecursionError-email.utils.parseaddr.py Product 
https://github.com/Daybreak2019/PoC_python3.9_Vul/blob/main/RecursionError-email.utils.parseaddr.py Product 
https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/103800 Exploit  Issue Tracking 
https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/103800 Exploit  Issue Tracking 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-674 Uncontrolled Recursion cwe source acceptance level NIST  

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:a:python:python:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s) 		Up to (including)
3.11.4

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2023-36632
NVD Published Date:
06/25/2023
NVD Last Modified:
11/21/2024
Source:
MITRE