GHSA-9772-cwx9-r4cj

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    GHSA-9772-cwx9-r4cj

    Published: 14 May 2022Last Modified: 7 Jul 2026

    Summary: simplejson before 2.6.1 vulnerable to array index error

    Details: 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.

    References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4616, https://hackerone.com/reports/12297, https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=752395, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1112285, https://github.com/simplejson/simplejson, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-10, http://bugs.python.org/issue21529, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-07/msg00015.html, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/24/7, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1064.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68119

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: simplejson

    Purl: pkg:pypi/simplejson

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.6.1

    Affected versions

    1.1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
    None
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
    None
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    Availability
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