CVE - CVE-2014-4616

CVE-ID
CVE-2014-4616	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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BID:68119 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68119 CONFIRM:http://bugs.python.org/issue21529 CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1112285 GENTOO:GLSA-201503-10 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-10 MISC:https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=752395 MISC:https://hackerone.com/reports/12297 MLIST:[oss-security] 20140624 Re: CVE request: python: _json module is vulnerable to arbitrary process memory read URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/24/7 REDHAT:RHSA-2015:1064 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1064.html SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2014:0890 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-07/msg00015.html
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20140624	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
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Assigned (20140624)
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