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.

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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-3310 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.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-9772-cwx9-r4cj simplejson before 2.6.1 vulnerable to array index error
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2653-1 Python vulnerabilities
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Mon, 14 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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{'score': 0.00444}

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{'score': 0.00382}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T11:20:27.021Z

Reserved: 2014-06-24T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2014-4616

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-08-24T20:29:00.173

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2014-4616

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2014-05-19T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2014-4616 - Bugzilla

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