CVEvulnerability
CVE-2014-4616
5.9 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-08-24
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.9 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-129
Description
Array index error in the scanstring function in the _json module in Python 2.7 through 3.5 and simplejson before 2.6.1 allows context-dependent attackers to read arbitrary process memory via a negative index value in the idx argument to the raw_decode function.
Affected configurations
• python python (>= 2.7.0 < 2.7.7)
• python python (>= 3.0.0 < 3.2.6)
• python python (>= 3.3.0 < 3.3.6)
• python python (>= 3.4.0 < 3.4.1)
• simplejson project simplejson (< 2.6.1)
• opensuse opensuse 13.1
• opensuse project opensuse 12.3
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-129 Improper Validation of Array Index weakness
References
- http://bugs.python.org/issue21529 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-07/msg00015.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/24/7 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1064.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68119 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=752395 Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1112285 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://hackerone.com/reports/12297 Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-10 Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://bugs.python.org/issue21529 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-07/msg00015.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/24/7 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1064.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68119 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=752395 Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1112285 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://hackerone.com/reports/12297 Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-10 Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry