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.
                
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 MITRE
                        MITRE
                    Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2017-08-24T20:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-06T11:20:27.021Z
Reserved: 2014-06-24T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2014-4616
 Vulnrichment
                        Vulnrichment
                    No data.
 NVD
                        NVD
                    Status : Deferred
Published: 2017-08-24T20:29:00.173
Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860
Link: CVE-2014-4616
 Redhat
                        Redhat