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.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.9
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade pythonUpgrade python2 | Oct 1, 2024 | Aug 24, 2017 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade python2.7 | Jul 30, 2024 | Aug 24, 2017 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade dev-lang/python. | Oct 30, 2017 | Aug 24, 2017 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade python27-python-testUpgrade python27-python-wheelUpgrade python27-pythonUpgrade python27-python-toolsUpgrade python-debugUpgrade python-toolsUpgrade python27-python-libsUpgrade python27-scldevelUpgrade python27-runtimeUpgrade pythonUpgrade python27-python-debugUpgrade python-libsUpgrade tkinterUpgrade python-testUpgrade python27-python-setuptoolsUpgrade python27Upgrade python27-tkinterUpgrade python27-python-pipUpgrade python27-python-simplejsonUpgrade python27-python-develUpgrade python-devel | Oct 16, 2024 | Aug 24, 2017 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | Aug 24, 2017 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade python3-baseUpgrade python3-debuginfo-32bitUpgrade python-32bitUpgrade python-tkUpgrade python-doc-pdfUpgrade python3-idleUpgrade libpython2_7-1_0-32bitUpgrade python-idleUpgrade python3-develUpgrade libpython3_3m1_0-debuginfo-32bitUpgrade python-gdbmUpgrade python-tk-debuginfoUpgrade python3-debuginfoUpgrade python-gdbm-debuginfoUpgrade python3-dbmUpgrade python3-devel-debuginfoUpgrade python3-curses-debuginfoUpgrade python3-dbm-debuginfoUpgrade libpython3_3m1_0-debuginfoUpgrade libpython3_3m1_0-32bitUpgrade pythonUpgrade python-docUpgrade python-debugsourceUpgrade python3-base-debuginfoUpgrade python-base-debugsourceUpgrade python-baseUpgrade python3-base-debuginfo-32bitUpgrade python3-testsuiteUpgrade python3-testsuite-debuginfoUpgrade python-base-debuginfo-32bitUpgrade python3-doc-pdfUpgrade libpython2_7-1_0Upgrade python3-base-32bitUpgrade libpython2_7-1_0-debuginfo-32bitUpgrade python-base-debuginfoUpgrade python3-cursesUpgrade python-base-32bitUpgrade python3Upgrade python-debuginfoUpgrade python3-toolsUpgrade python-cursesUpgrade python-xmlUpgrade python3-docUpgrade python-develUpgrade python3-32bitUpgrade python-demoUpgrade python3-tk-debuginfoUpgrade python3-debugsourceUpgrade python-debuginfo-32bitUpgrade python3-tkUpgrade python-xml-debuginfoUpgrade libpython3_3m1_0Upgrade python-curses-debuginfoUpgrade libpython2_7-1_0-debuginfoUpgrade python3-base-debugsource | Dec 18, 2015 | Jul 12, 2014 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade python2.7-minimalUpgrade python3.4Upgrade python3.2-minimalUpgrade python2.7Upgrade python3.2Upgrade python3.4-minimal | Nov 8, 2024 | Aug 24, 2017 |
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