CVE-2020-8315
5.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.18%
Description
In Python (CPython) 3.6 through 3.6.10, 3.7 through 3.7.6, and 3.8 through 3.8.1, an insecure dependency load upon launch on Windows 7 may result in an attacker's copy of api-ms-win-core-path-l1-1-0.dll being loaded and used instead of the system's copy. Windows 8 and later are unaffected.
How to fix CVE-2020-8315
To remediate CVE-2020-8315, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/python3—upgrade to 3.7.7-r0 or later
- —upgrade to 3.6.11 or later
- —upgrade to 3.6.11 or later
- —upgrade to 3.6.11 or later
Is CVE-2020-8315 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (4)
- from 0, < 3.7.7-r0
- >= 3.6.0, < 3.6.11, >= 3.7.0, < 3.7.7, >= 3.8.0, < 3.8.2
- >= 3.6.0, < 3.6.11, >= 3.7.0, < 3.7.7, >= 3.8.0, < 3.8.2
- >= 3.6.0, < 3.6.11, >= 3.7.0, < 3.7.7, >= 3.8.0, < 3.8.2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |