gsd-2014-4616
Vulnerability from gsd
Modified
2023-12-13 01:22
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.
Aliases
Aliases
CVE-2014-4616


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}


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