NVD

CVE-2014-4616 Detail

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.

Metrics

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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: NVD

N/A

NVD assessment not yet provided.

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: NVD

Base Score: 5.9 MEDIUM

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVSS 2.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

National Institute of Standards and Technology

NIST: NVD

Base Score: 4.3 MEDIUM

Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Hyperlink	Resource
http://bugs.python.org/issue21529	Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-07/msg00015.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/24/7	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1064.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68119	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=752395	Issue Tracking Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1112285	Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://hackerone.com/reports/12297	Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-10	Patch Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-129	Improper Validation of Array Index	NIST

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Change History

7 change records found show changes

Modified Analysis by NIST 7/13/2022 11:04:07 AM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Changed	CPE Configuration	Record truncated, showing 500 of 2256 characters. View Entire Change Record OR cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.7.0::::::: cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.7.1::::::: cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.7.2::::::: cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.7.3::::::: cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.7.4::::::: cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.7.5::::::: cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.7.6::::::: cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.7.7::::::: cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.7.8::::::: cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.7.9::::::*	OR cpe:2.3:a:python:python::::::::* versions from (including) 2.7.0 up to (excluding) 2.7.7 cpe:2.3:a:python:python::::::::* versions from (including) 3.0.0 up to (excluding) 3.2.6 cpe:2.3:a:python:python::::::::* versions from (including) 3.3.0 up to (excluding) 3.3.6 cpe:2.3:a:python:python::::::::* versions from (including) 3.4.0 up to (excluding) 3.4.1
Removed	CVSS V3	NIST AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Added	CVSS V3.1		NIST AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Added	CWE		NIST CWE-129
Removed	CWE	NIST CWE-119
Changed	Reference Type	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-07/msg00015.html Third Party Advisory	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-07/msg00015.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1064.html No Types Assigned	http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1064.html Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://hackerone.com/reports/12297 Exploit, Third Party Advisory	https://hackerone.com/reports/12297 Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory

Initial Analysis by NIST 9/07/2017 5:40:14 PM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Added	CPE Configuration		Record truncated, showing 500 of 2256 characters. View Entire Change Record OR cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.7.0::::::: cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.7.1::::::: cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.7.2::::::: cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.7.3::::::: cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.7.4::::::: cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.7.5::::::: cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.7.6::::::: cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.7.7::::::: cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.7.8::::::: cpe:2.3:a:python:python:2.7.9::::::*
Added	CPE Configuration		OR cpe:2.3:a:python:simplejson:2.6.0::::::: (and previous)
Added	CPE Configuration		OR cpe:2.3:o:opensuse_project:opensuse:12.3::::::: cpe:2.3:o:opensuse_project:opensuse:13.1:::::::
Added	CVSS V2		(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Added	CVSS V3		AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Added	CWE		CWE-119
Changed	Reference Type	http://bugs.python.org/issue21529 No Types Assigned	http://bugs.python.org/issue21529 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-07/msg00015.html No Types Assigned	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-07/msg00015.html Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/24/7 No Types Assigned	http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/24/7 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68119 No Types Assigned	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68119 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=752395 No Types Assigned	https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=752395 Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1112285 No Types Assigned	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1112285 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://hackerone.com/reports/12297 No Types Assigned	https://hackerone.com/reports/12297 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-10 No Types Assigned	https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-10 Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2014-4616
NVD Published Date:
08/24/2017
NVD Last Modified:
07/13/2022
Source:
MITRE

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CVE-2014-4616 Detail

Description

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Weakness Enumeration

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

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Change History

CVE Modified by MITRE 5/13/2024 11:16:30 PM

Modified Analysis by NIST 7/13/2022 11:04:07 AM

CPE Deprecation Remap by NIST 10/30/2018 12:27:37 PM

CVE Modified by MITRE 1/04/2018 9:29:53 PM

Reanalysis by NIST 12/29/2017 2:10:07 PM

Initial Analysis by NIST 9/07/2017 5:40:14 PM

CVE Modified by MITRE 8/25/2017 9:29:00 PM

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