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CVE-2016-4000 Detail

Description

Jython before 2.7.1rc1 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted serialized PyFunction object.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
Base Score:  9.8 CRITICAL
Vector:  CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Hyperlink Resource
http://bugs.jython.org/issue2454 Vendor Advisory 
http://bugs.jython.org/issue2454 Vendor Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3893 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3893 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105647
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105647
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=864859 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=864859 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://hg.python.org/jython/file/v2.7.1rc1/NEWS Third Party Advisory 
https://hg.python.org/jython/file/v2.7.1rc1/NEWS Third Party Advisory 
https://hg.python.org/jython/rev/d06e29d100c0 Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://hg.python.org/jython/rev/d06e29d100c0 Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/0919ec1db20b1022f22b8e78f355667df74d6142b463ff17d03ad533%40%3Cdevnull.infra.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/0919ec1db20b1022f22b8e78f355667df74d6142b463ff17d03ad533%40%3Cdevnull.infra.apache.org%3E
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-4000 Third Party Advisory 
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-4000 Third Party Advisory 
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-28
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-28
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGPYTHON-31451 Third Party Advisory 
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGPYTHON-31451 Third Party Advisory 
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.html
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.html
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-502 Deserialization of Untrusted Data cwe source acceptance level NIST  

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:a:jython_project:jython:2.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Configuration 2 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-4000
NVD Published Date:
07/06/2017
NVD Last Modified:
04/19/2025
Source:
MITRE