CVE catalog
CVE-2014-4616
ALPINE-CVE-2014-4616
- Severity
- Medium · CVSS 5.9
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Published
- Updated
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 7.85% · Oct 25, 2026
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.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | python2.7 | 11 | 2.7.7-1 | fixed |
| Alpine | python | 3.4 | 2.7.7-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | python2 | 3.5 | 2.7.7-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | python2 | 3.6 | 2.7.7-r0 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | python2.7 | 14.04 | 2.7.5-8ubuntu3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | python2.7 | 14.04 | 2.7.5-8ubuntu4 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | python2.7 | 14.04 | 2.7.6-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | python2.7 | 14.04 | 2.7.6-2ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | python2.7 | 14.04 | 2.7.6-3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | python2.7 | 14.04 | 2.7.6-3ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | python2.7 | 14.04 | 2.7.6-4 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | python2.7 | 14.04 | 2.7.6-4ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | python2.7 | 14.04 | 2.7.6-5 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | python2.7 | 14.04 | 2.7.6-7 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | python2.7 | 14.04 | 2.7.6-8 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | python2.7 | 14.04 | 2.7.6-8ubuntu0.2 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | python3.4 | 14.04 | 3.4~b1-0ubuntu3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | python3.4 | 14.04 | 3.4~b1-4ubuntu4 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | python3.4 | 14.04 | 3.4~b1-4ubuntu6 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | python3.4 | 14.04 | 3.4~b1-5ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | python3.4 | 14.04 | 3.4~b2-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | python3.4 | 14.04 | 3.4~b3-1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | python3.4 | 14.04 | 3.4~rc1-1build1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | python3.4 | 14.04 | 3.4~rc2-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | python3.4 | 14.04 | 3.4~rc3-0ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | python3.4 | 14.04 | 3.4.0-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | python3.4 | 14.04 | 3.4.0-2ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | python3.4 | 14.04 | 3.4.0-2ubuntu1.1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | python2.7 | deb | 11 | 2.7.7-1 | Not reported | DEBIAN-CVE-2014-4616 | Not reported |
| Alpine | python | apk | 3.4 | 2.7.7-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2014-4616 | Not reported |
| Alpine | python2 | apk | 3.5 | 2.7.7-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2014-4616 | Not reported |
| Alpine | python2 | apk | 3.6 | 2.7.7-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2014-4616 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | python2.7 | deb | 14.04 | 2.7.6-8ubuntu0.2 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2014-4616 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | python3.4 | deb | 14.04 | 3.4.0-2ubuntu1.1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2014-4616 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
No matching packages in this catalog.
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/rhsa-2015_2101.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2014-4616]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-4616]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-4616]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2014/cve-2014-4616.json]
[FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]