UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4000

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4000
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4000.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4000
Upstream
Published
2017-07-06T16:29:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T07:49:42.970208Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

Jython before 2.7.1rc1 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted serialized PyFunction object.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / jython

Package

Name
jython
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/jython@2.5.3-1ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.5.3-1ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

2.*

2.5.2-2
2.5.3-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "jython",
            "binary_version": "2.5.3-1ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "jython-doc",
            "binary_version": "2.5.3-1ubuntu0.1"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / jython

Package

Name
jython
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/jython@2.5.3-9ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.5.3-9ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

2.*

2.5.3-6
2.5.3-7
2.5.3-8
2.5.3-9

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "jython",
            "binary_version": "2.5.3-9ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "jython-doc",
            "binary_version": "2.5.3-9ubuntu0.1"
        }
    ]
}