Back to Database
Status published
Medium
CVE-2014-4616
Array index error in the scanstring function in the _json...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
THREAT MONITOR
Am I Vulnerable?
Launch our assessment wizard to check if your infrastructure is exposed to • CVE-2014-4616
Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://hackerone.com/reports/12297
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=752395
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1064.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68119
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-07/msg00015.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-10
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/24/7
- http://bugs.python.org/issue21529
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1112285
More from python
View All →CVE-2022-48566
An issue was discovered in compare_digest in Lib/hmac.py in Python...
Medium
5.9
CVE-2022-48565
An XML External Entity (XXE) issue was discovered in Python...
Critical
9.8
CVE-2022-48564
read_ints in plistlib.py in Python through 3.9.1 is vulnerable to...
Medium
6.5
CVE-2022-48560
A use-after-free exists in Python through 3.9 via heappushpop in...
High
7.5
CVE-2022-45199
Pillow before 9.3.0 allows denial of service via SAMPLESPERPIXEL....
High
7.5
Affected Vendor
python
View all reports →Affected Software
python, simplejson, opensuse
Vulnerable Versions:
2.7.0, 3.0.0, 3.3.0, 3.4.0, 0, 13.1, 12.3
Timeline
Official Publish:
August 24th, 2017
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.