CVE-2024-3220
Default mimetype known files writeable on Windows
At a glance
- Severity
- LOW 2.3
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.71 % · percentile 54 (2026-10-27)
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- PSF
- NVD status
- Deferred
Description
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 incorrect file type. This defect is caused by the default locations of Linux and macOS platforms (such as “/etc/mime.types”) also being used on Windows, where they are user-writable locations (“C:\etc\mime.types”). To work-around this issue a user can call mimetypes.init() with an empty list (“[]”) on Windows platforms to avoid using the default list of known file locations.
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 4.0 | LOW 2.3 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N | PSF |
| CVSS 4.0 | LOW 2.3 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X | NVD · cna@python.org (Secondary) |
Weaknesses (CWE)
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2024-31812
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2024-3220
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1385 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0326 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0315 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0218 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0969 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0756 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Python Software Foundation · CPython | affected 0 < 3.11.18 ; affected 3.12.0 < 3.12.16 ; affected 3.13.0 < 3.13.18 ; affected 3.14.0 < 3.14.9 ; affected 3.15.0 < 3.15.1 ; affected 3.16.0a1 < 3.16.0 |
References
- https://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce@python.org/thread/CDXW34ND2LSAOYAR5N6UNONP4ZBX4D6R/
- https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/159428
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/04a29bf8f9ff8526cd96cb7368400173303a390a
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/5550519259656cbb8eeac09e3dbc0d5c248a4dea
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/76f4555c4ff10f5dda58d6528c17787df41e256c
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/2f00690fd5a75305e02c99628a41439179266f29
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/35dd324f6e30735162a68cde84bb04a169004325
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/8d4286a3f41d36f42c4b4cf5c4451a5a8c23fe87
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/02/14/8
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250314-0001/
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |