CVE-2014-4616

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Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/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
Published
2017-08-24T20:29:00Z
Modified
2025-07-01T02:58:19.906165Z
Severity
  • 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

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

Affected packages

Alpine:v3.4 / python

Package

Name
python
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/python?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.7.7-r0

Affected versions

2.*

2.6.1-r0
2.6.1-r1
2.6.1-r2
2.6.2-r0
2.6.2-r1
2.6.3-r0
2.6.4-r0
2.6.5-r0
2.6.5-r1
2.6.5-r2
2.6.5-r3
2.6.5-r4
2.6.5-r5
2.6.5-r6
2.6.5-r7
2.6.5-r8
2.7.2-r0
2.7.2-r2
2.7.2-r3
2.7.3-r3
2.7.3-r4
2.7.3-r5
2.7.5-r0
2.7.5-r1
2.7.5-r2
2.7.5-r3
2.7.6-r0
2.7.6-r1
2.7.6-r2
2.7.6-r3
2.7.6-r4

Alpine:v3.5 / python2

Package

Name
python2
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/python2?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.7.7-r0

Affected versions

2.*

2.6.1-r0
2.6.1-r1
2.6.1-r2
2.6.2-r0
2.6.2-r1
2.6.3-r0
2.6.4-r0
2.6.5-r0
2.6.5-r1
2.6.5-r2
2.6.5-r3
2.6.5-r4
2.6.5-r5
2.6.5-r6
2.6.5-r7
2.6.5-r8
2.7.2-r0
2.7.2-r2
2.7.2-r3
2.7.3-r3
2.7.3-r4
2.7.3-r5
2.7.5-r0
2.7.5-r1
2.7.5-r2
2.7.5-r3
2.7.6-r0
2.7.6-r1
2.7.6-r2
2.7.6-r3
2.7.6-r4

Alpine:v3.6 / python2

Package

Name
python2
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/python2?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.7.7-r0

Affected versions

2.*

2.6.1-r0
2.6.1-r1
2.6.1-r2
2.6.2-r0
2.6.2-r1
2.6.3-r0
2.6.4-r0
2.6.5-r0
2.6.5-r1
2.6.5-r2
2.6.5-r3
2.6.5-r4
2.6.5-r5
2.6.5-r6
2.6.5-r7
2.6.5-r8
2.7.2-r0
2.7.2-r2
2.7.2-r3
2.7.3-r3
2.7.3-r4
2.7.3-r5
2.7.5-r0
2.7.5-r1
2.7.5-r2
2.7.5-r3
2.7.6-r0
2.7.6-r1
2.7.6-r2
2.7.6-r3
2.7.6-r4

Debian:11 / python2.7

Package

Name
python2.7
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/python2.7?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.7.7-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}