Out-of-bounds Write Affecting python3-docs package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.38% (30th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS8-PYTHON3DOCS-17346368
  • published16 Jun 2026
  • disclosed8 Jun 2026

Introduced: 8 Jun 2026

NewCVE-2026-9669  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:8 python3-docs.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python3-docs package and not the python3-docs package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

bz2.BZ2Decompressor objects could be reused after a decompression error. If an application caught the resulting OSError and retried with the same decompressor, crafted input could cause the decompressor to resume from an invalid internal state and perform out-of-bounds writes to a stack buffer. This could crash the process when processing untrusted data.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1