CVE-2014-4616
MEDIUM 5.9EPSS 7.8%
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.
- CVSS v3.1 NVD
- 5.9 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS v3.0 GitHub
- 5.9 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS v2.0 NVD
- 4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - EPSS
- 7.85% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 95th percentile
- Published
- 2017-08-24
- Updated
- 2024-08-06
Proof-of-concept exploits (1)
Security advisories
- http://bugs.python.org/issue21529
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-07/msg00015.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/24/7
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1064.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68119
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=752395
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1112285
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-10
- advisories/GHSA-9772-cwx9-r4cj