CVE-2014-4616
simplejson before 2.6.1 vulnerable to array index error
5.9
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 8.1%
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.
How to fix CVE-2014-4616
To remediate CVE-2014-4616, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 2.7.7-r0 or later
- —upgrade to 2.7.7-r0 or later
Is CVE-2014-4616 being exploited?
Moderate — EPSS is 8.1%. Track this CVE but it's not at the top of the prioritisation list.
Affected packages (2)
- >= 2.7.0, < 2.7.7-r0
- from 0, < 2.7.7-r0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |