ALPINE-CVE-2014-4616

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CVE-2014-4616
Published: 24 Aug 2017, 20:29
Last modified:19 Nov 2025, 05:58

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
24/100
CVSS Score
5.9 MEDIUM
3.1 (osv_alpine)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

24 Aug 2017, 20:29
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
19 Nov 2025, 05:58
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

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 Metrics

  • v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 5.9CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected Systems

  • alpine•python

    < 2.7.7-r0

  • alpine•python2

    < 2.7.7-r0 | < 2.7.7-r0

References (1)