{"cve":"CVE-2014-4616","nvd":{"published":"2017-08-24T20:29:00.173","modified":"2026-06-17T00:10:20.837","status":"Modified","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_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","score":5.9},"cwes":["CWE-129"],"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"],"products":["opensuse:opensuse","opensuse_project:opensuse","python:python","simplejson_project:simplejson"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:44:47.710380879+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2014-4616","score":0.07845,"percentile":0.94684,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-9772-cwx9-r4cj","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-9772-cwx9-r4cj","summary":"simplejson before 2.6.1 vulnerable to array index error","modified":"2026-07-07T11:56:05.213425072Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"simplejson","purl":"pkg:pypi/simplejson","ranges":["<2.6.1"],"fixed":["2.6.1"]}]},{"id":"PYSEC-2026-921","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PYSEC-2026-921","summary":"simplejson before 2.6.1 vulnerable to array index error","modified":"2026-07-07T11:56:05.213425072Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"simplejson","purl":"pkg:pypi/simplejson","ranges":["<2.6.1"],"fixed":["2.6.1"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}