MGASA-2014-0286

Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 0
Upstream
CVE-2014-4616
Published: 08 Jul 2014, 22:38
Last modified:16 Apr 2026, 06:26

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
minimal
0/100
CVSS Score
No data
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

08 Jul 2014, 22:38
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
16 Apr 2026, 06:26
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Updated python-simplejson package fixes security vulnerability Python 2 and 3 are susceptible to arbitrary process memory reading by a user or adversary due to a bug in the _json module caused by insufficient bounds checking. The bug is caused by allowing the user to supply a negative value that is used as an array index, causing the scanstring function to access process memory outside of the string it is intended to access (CVE-2014-4616). This issue also affected the python-simplejson package, which has been patched to fix the bug.

Affected Systems

  • mageia•python-simplejson

    < 2.6.0-2.1.mga3

  • mageia•python-simplejson

    < 3.3.0-3.1.mga4

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