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n/a python — A flaw was found in python.
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
N L N N U N N H 7.5 .0718 94.1 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
python python 3.7 – —
TIMELINE
Mar 20 Reserved by redhat
Sep 9 Published (CNA: redhat)
Oct 7 RESCORED — CVE-2020-10735 (python). CVSS 6.2 → 7.5 (NVD).
Description
A flaw was found in python. In algorithms with quadratic time complexity using non-binary bases, when using int("text"), a system could take 50ms to parse an int string with 100,000 digits and 5s for 1,000,000 digits (float, decimal, int.from_bytes(), and int() for binary bases 2, 4, 8, 16, and 32 are not affected). The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
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