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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-08-24T20:00:00

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

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

Link: CVE-2014-4616

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

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

Modified: 2022-07-13T15:04:07.240

Link: CVE-2014-4616

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

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

Links: CVE-2014-4616 - Bugzilla