Security Advisory
CVE-2019-5010
7.5
HIGH
Vulnerability Description
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 attacker can initiate or accept TLS connections using crafted certificates to trigger this vulnerability.
Published Date
October 31, 2019
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory