CVE-2024-39705
ntlk unsafe deserialization vulnerability
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 10.8%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2024-39705
To remediate CVE-2024-39705, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/nltk—no fix listed
- —upgrade to 3.9 or later
- —upgrade to 3.9 or later
Is CVE-2024-39705 being exploited?
Moderate — EPSS is 10.8%. Track this CVE but it's not at the top of the prioritisation list.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0
- from 0, < 3.9
- from 0, < 3.9
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |