CVE-2014-4616
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-4616
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2014-4616.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2014-4616
- Aliases
- Downstream
- Related
- Withdrawn
- 2026-01-27T04:12:48.662763Z
- Published
- 2017-08-24T20:29:00Z
- Modified
- 2026-01-27T04:12:48.662763Z
- Severity
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- 5.9 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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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 rawdecode function.
- References
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- 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://hackerone.com/reports/12297
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-10