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.

Published: 2024-03-19
Score: 6.2 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3771-1 python2.7 security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3772-1 python3.7 security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3948-1 pypy3 security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3980-1 python3.9 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2024-16245 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6891-1 Python vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7212-1 Python 2.7 vulnerabilities
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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/20/5 cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/30fe5d853b56138dbec62432d370a1f99409fc85 cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/66363b9a7b9fe7c99eba3a185b74c5fdbf842eba cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/70497218351ba44bffc8b571201ecb5652d84675 cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/a2c59992e9e8d35baba9695eb186ad6c6ff85c51 cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/a956e510f6336d5ae111ba429a61c3ade30a7549 cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/d05bac0b74153beb541b88b4fca33bf053990183 cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/fa181fcf2156f703347b03a3b1966ce47be8ab3b cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/109858 cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/03/msg00024.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/03/msg00025.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/11/msg00005.html cve-icon
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/12/msg00000.html cve-icon
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T3IGRX54M7RNCQOXVQO5KQKTGWCOABIM/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U5VHWS52HGD743C47UMCSAK2A773M2YE/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce@python.org/thread/XELNUX2L3IOHBTFU7RQHCY6OUVEWZ2FG/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-0450 cve-icon
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250411-0005/ cve-icon
https://www.bamsoftware.com/hacks/zipbomb/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-0450 cve-icon
History

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 22:30:00 +0000


Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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{'score': 0.00173}

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{'score': 0.00177}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: PSF

Published:

Updated: 2025-11-03T21:50:58.107Z

Reserved: 2024-01-11T22:16:41.964Z

Link: CVE-2024-0450

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Updated: 2025-11-03T21:50:58.107Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2024-03-19T16:15:09.180

Modified: 2026-04-15T00:35:42.020

Link: CVE-2024-0450

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2024-03-19T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2024-0450 - Bugzilla

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