CVE-2014-4616

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, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs	752395

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
python2.7 (PTS)	bullseye	2.7.18-8+deb11u1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Debian Bugs
python2.5	source	(unstable)	(unfixed)
python2.6	source	(unstable)	(unfixed)
python2.7	source	(unstable)	2.7.7-1	752395
python3.2	source	(unstable)	(unfixed)
python3.3	source	(unstable)	(unfixed)
python3.4	source	(unstable)	3.4.0+20140417-1

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