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Security vulnerabilities in version 4.3.2

This page lists all known and fixed security vulnerabilities in version 4.3.2 (back to the list of all versions).

Overview: 1 vulnerability

WSA	CVE	Score	Severity	Issue	Vulnerability type	Scope	Versions	Fix	Release date
WSA-2024-1	CVE-2024-46613	3.8		Integer overflow in loops on lists.	Integer Overflow or Wraparound	Core, Plugins	0.1.6 → 4.4.1	4.4.2	Sep 8, 2024

WSA-2024-1: [Core, Plugins] Integer overflow in loops on lists.

Vulnerability

CVE

CVE-2024-46613 [ MITRE / NVD ]

CVSS vector

AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:X/RL:O/RC:C (detail)

CVSS score

3.8 / 10

Severity

low

Vulnerability type

Integer Overflow or Wraparound

Scope

Core, Plugins

Affected versions

0.1.6 → 4.4.1

Fixed version

4.4.2 (Sep 8, 2024) - ChangeLog

Tracker

issue #2178

Commits

Description

An integer overflow can happen when looping over items in a list.
This can only happen in rare conditions on 32 and 64-bit systems, as the list must contain more than 2,147,483,647 elements.
On 16-bit systems, this happens with a list that contains more than 32,767 elements.

Mitigation

There is no known mitigation.
The upgrade to the latest stable version is highly recommended.

Credit

The issue was discovered by Yiheng Cao.