Python 3.x has a buffer overflow which may lead to remote code execution (opens in new tab)

(nvd.nist.gov)

6 pointsLennyWhiteJr5y ago2 comments

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jboy555y ago· 1 in thread

This seems pretty bad, hopefully everyone is using Decimal and not floats.

Not everyone is using Decimal; there's a lot of applications for floats that don't justify such a heavyweight class. The first place I'd look is in numpy.

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