| Name | CVE-2014-4616 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
| NVD severity | medium |
| Debian Bugs | 752395 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| python2.7 (PTS) | stretch | 2.7.13-2+deb9u3 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 2.7.13-2+deb9u5 | fixed |
| buster | 2.7.16-2+deb10u1 | fixed |
| bullseye, sid | 2.7.18-7 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[squeeze] - python2.5 <no-dsa> (minor issue)
[squeeze] - python2.6 <no-dsa> (minor issue)
[wheezy] - python2.6 <no-dsa> (minor issue)
[wheezy] - python2.7 <no-dsa> (minor issue)
[wheezy] - python3.2 <no-dsa> (minor issue)
http://bugs.python.org/issue21529