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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Advisories
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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 |
GHSA-9772-cwx9-r4cj | simplejson before 2.6.1 vulnerable to array index error |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-2653-1 | Python vulnerabilities |
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Solution
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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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Status : Deferred
Published: 2017-08-24T20:29:00.173
Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860
Link: CVE-2014-4616
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