CVE-2014-4616

python: missing boundary check in JSON module

Published Aug 24, 2017 CVSS 3.1 · 5.9 Medium EPSS 7.8% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-3310 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.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-9772-cwx9-r4cj simplejson before 2.6.1 vulnerable to array index error
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2653-1 Python vulnerabilities
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{'score': 0.00444}

epss

{'score': 0.00382}