An exploitable denial-of-service vulnerability exists in the X509 certificate parser of Python.org Python 2.7.11 / 3.6.6. A specially crafted X509 certificate can cause a NULL pointer dereference, resulting in a denial of service. An attack…
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cve-program · CVE-2019-5010
PublishedAn exploitable denial-of-service vulnerability exists in the X509 certificate parser of Python.org Python 2.7.11 / 3.6.6. A specially crafted X509 certificate can cause a NULL pointer dereference, resulting in a denial of service. An attacker can initiate or accept TLS connections using crafted certificates to trigger this vulnerability.
- Source published
- 31 Oct 2019 20:05:57 UTC
- Source modified
- 7 Oct 2026 18:55:25 UTC
- Observed here
- 23 Oct 2026 15:48:27 UTC
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CVSS 3.0 · 5.9 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H