CVE record · CVE-2021-3737

Infinite loop in python

CVSS 7.5 HighCriticalEPSS 0.13 · 96th percentile

Critical, because:

  • CVSS score 7.5 (7.0 or more) and EPSS 0.13 (0.1 or more): a high score and a real chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How we decide what’s critical

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: redhat) at 4 Mar 2022, 00:00 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
VendorProductVersions
Not given python
  • affected Fixed in python v3.6.14, python v3.7.11, python v3.8.11, python v3.9.6, python v3.10.0b2
Identifiers
CVE-2021-3737
CNA
redhat
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-835
Published
4 Mar 2022
Updated
14 Oct 2026

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
7.5 High 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H ADP (CISA-ADP)
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.13, the 96th percentile, on 6 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 4 Mar 2022. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

References from the CNA

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.