CVE-2024-3220

There is a defect in the CPython standard library module “mimetypes” where on Windows the default list of known file locations are writable meaning other users can create invalid files to cause MemoryError to be raised on Python runtime startup or have file extensions be interpreted as the...

CVE-2024-3220

CVE-2024-3220 affects the CPython standard library mimetypes module. On Windows, the default known-file locations (and on other platforms via the same locations) are writable, allowing a user to create invalid files and potentially trigger MemoryError at Python startup or cause mis-interpretation...