CVE-2024-39705

2024-06-2700:00:00

ubuntu.com

nltk

remote code execution

pickled python code

untrusted packages

data package download

vulnerability

unix

9.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

8 High

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

9.2%

JSON

NLTK through 3.8.1 allows remote code execution if untrusted packages have
pickled Python code, and the integrated data package download functionality
is used. This affects, for example, averaged_perceptron_tagger and punkt.

Bugs

<http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1074423>

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
ubuntu18.04noarchnltk< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu20.04noarchnltk< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu22.04noarchnltk< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu23.10noarchnltk< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu24.04noarchnltk< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu14.04noarchnltk< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu16.04noarchnltk< anyUNKNOWN

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
ubuntu	18.04	noarch	nltk	< any	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	20.04	noarch	nltk	< any	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	22.04	noarch	nltk	< any	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	23.10	noarch	nltk	< any	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	24.04	noarch	nltk	< any	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	14.04	noarch	nltk	< any	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	16.04	noarch	nltk	< any	UNKNOWN