UBUNTU-CVE-2014-4616

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2014-4616

    Published: 26 Jun 2014Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-4616
    Aliases:
    USN-2653-1

    Summary:

    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://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-4616, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2653-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-4616

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: python2.7

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.7.6-8ubuntu0.2

    Affected versions

    2.7.5-8ubuntu3
    2.7.5-8ubuntu4
    2.7.6-2
    2.7.6-2ubuntu1
    2.7.6-3
    2.7.6-3ubuntu1
    2.7.6-4
    2.7.6-4ubuntu1
    2.7.6-5
    2.7.6-7
    2.7.6-8

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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