ghsa-9772-cwx9-r4cj
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-14 02:05
Modified
2022-07-27 21:35
Severity ?
5.9 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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.

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "simplejson"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.6.1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2014-4616"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-129"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2022-07-27T21:35:21Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2017-08-24T20:29:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-9772-cwx9-r4cj",
  "modified": "2022-07-27T21:35:21Z",
  "published": "2022-05-14T02:05:09Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4616"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://hackerone.com/reports/12297"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=752395"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1112285"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/simplejson/simplejson"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-10"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://bugs.python.org/issue21529"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-07/msg00015.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/24/7"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1064.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68119"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "simplejson before 2.6.1 vulnerable to array index error"
}


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