CVE-2024-5642 — Buffer overread when using an empty list with SSLContext.set_npn_protocols()
CPython 3.9 and earlier doesn't disallow configuring an empty list ("[]") for SSLContext.set_npn_protocols() which is an invalid value for the underlying OpenSSL API. This resul…
Published: 2024-06-27 · CVSS: 6.5 · CVSS 3.1
CPython 3.9 and earlier doesn't disallow configuring an empty list ("[]") for SSLContext.set_npn_protocols() which is an invalid value for the underlying OpenSSL API. This results in a buffer over-read when NPN is used (see CVE-2024-5535 for OpenSSL). This vulnerability is of low severity due to NPN being not widely used and specifying an empty list likely being uncommon in-practice (typically a protocol name would be configured).
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7