Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU39816

Input validation error in tqdm - CVE-2016-10075

Published: January 19, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020

Vulnerability identifier: #VU39816

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-10075

CWE-ID: CWE-20

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local authenticated user to execute arbitrary code.

The tqdm._version module in tqdm versions 4.4.1 and 4.10 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a crafted repo with a malicious git log in the current working directory.

Affected software

tqdm
Gentoo Linux
Fedora
python-tqdm

How to mitigate CVE-2016-10075

Install update from vendor's website.

python-tqdm - addressed in versions 4.11.2-1.fc24, 4.11.2-1.fc25

External References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/28/8
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95143
https://github.com/tqdm/tqdm/issues/328
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201807-01

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