CVE-2014-4616
medium
CVSS v3
5.9
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.9
Description
simplejson before 2.6.1 vulnerable to array index error
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
69%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| suse | 13.1 | affected | |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 2.7.7-1 |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | simplejson | <2.6.1 | 2.6.1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| python | python | {"startIncluding":"2.7.0","endExcluding":"2.7.7"} | 2.7.7 |
| simplejson_project | simplejson | {"endExcluding":"2.6.1"} | 2.6.1 |
References
- http://bugs.python.org/issue21529
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-07/msg00015.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/24/7
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1064.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68119
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=752395
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1112285
- https://hackerone.com/reports/12297
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-10
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4616
- https://github.com/simplejson/simplejson
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-4616
CWEs
CWE-129
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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