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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2014-4616

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…

MEDIUM 5.9EPSS 8.13%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (8.13%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

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.

CVSS 3.1
5.9 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS
8.13% probability · 95th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-129
Affected
python/python · simplejson project/simplejson · opensuse/opensuse · opensuse project/opensuse
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.