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CVE-2014-4616: Out-of-bounds Read

First published: Mon Jun 23 2014(Updated: )

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.

Credit: cve@mitre.org

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
debian/python2.7<=2.7.3-6<=2.7.3-6+deb7u2
redhat/python<2.7.7
2.7.7
redhat/python<3.3.6
3.3.6
redhat/python<3.4.1
3.4.1
debian/python2.7
2.7.18-8+deb11u1
Python Programming Language>=2.7.0<2.7.7
Python Programming Language>=3.0.0<3.2.6
Python Programming Language>=3.3.0<3.3.6
Python Programming Language>=3.4.0<3.4.1
simplejson<2.6.1
openSUSE=13.1
openSUSE=12.3

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