VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2020-10735
The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 4.49%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.49%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A flaw was found in python. In algorithms with quadratic time complexity using non-binary bases, when using int("text"), a system could take 50ms to parse an int string with 100,000 digits and 5s for 1,000,000 digits (float, decimal, int.from_bytes(), and int() for binary bases 2, 4, 8, 16, and 32 are not affected). The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 4.49% probability · 91th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-704
- Affected
- python/python · redhat/quay · redhat/software collections · fedoraproject/fedora · redhat/enterprise linux
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS moved from 4.5% on 8 October 2026 to 4.5% on 26 October 2026.
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/09/21/1Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/09/21/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-10735Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1834423Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KjuF_aXlzPUxTK4BMgezGJ2Pn7uevfX7g0_mvgHlL7YThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/95778Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/06/msg00039.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2VCU6EVQDIXNCEDJUCTFIER2WVNNDTYZ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/32AAQKABEKFCB5DDV5OONRZK6BS23HPW/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4EWKR2SPX3JORLWCXFY3KN2U5B5CIUQQ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6XL6E5A3I36TRR73VNBOXNIQP4AMZDFZ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/76YE7AM37MRU76XJV4M27CWDAMUGNRYK/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HSRPVJZL6DJFWKYRHMNJB7VCEUCBKRF5/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IFGV7P2PYFBMK32OKHCAC2ZPJQV5AUDF/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NHC6IUU7CLRQ3QLPWUXLONSG3SXFTR47/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OKYE2DOI2X7WZXAWTQJZAXYIWM37HDCY/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OT5U223OE5ZOUHZAZYSYSWVJQIKDE73E/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OT5WQB7Z3CXOWVBD2AFAHYPA5ONYFFZ4/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PD7FTLJOIGMUSCDR3JAN6WRFHJEE4PH5/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SZYJSGLSCQOKXXFVJVJQAXLEOJBIWGEL/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TD7JDDKJXK6D26XAN3YRFNM2LAJHT5UO/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TMWPRAAJS7I6U3U45V7GZVXWNSECI22M/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U4ZZV4CDFRMTPDBI7C5L43RFL3XLIGUY/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UBPDVCDIUCEBE7C4NAGNA2KQJYOTPBAZ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/V7ZUJDHK7KNG6SLIFXW7MNZ6O2PUJYK6/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WXF6MQ74HVIDDSR5AE2UDR24I6D4FEPC/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZEOAJWGGY55QU35UM2OVZATBW5MX2OZD/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/09/21/1Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/09/21/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-10735Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.