python, python2 — security advisory

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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2014-4616",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "ALPINE-CVE-2014-4616",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:ALPINE-CVE-2014-4616",
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          "value": "python",
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            "value": "2.7.7-r0",
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      {
        "name": {
          "value": "python2",
          "evidence": "/affected/1/package/name"
        },
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      {
        "name": {
          "value": "python2",
          "evidence": "/affected/2/package/name"
        },
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    "severity": "medium",
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
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            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
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                {
                  "introduced": "2.7.0"
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                {
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              ]
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          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "python",
            "purl": "pkg:apk/alpine/python?arch=source",
            "ecosystem": "Alpine:v3.4"
          },
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              ]
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          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "python2",
            "purl": "pkg:apk/alpine/python2?arch=source",
            "ecosystem": "Alpine:v3.5"
          },
          "database_specific": {
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          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "python2",
            "purl": "pkg:apk/alpine/python2?arch=source",
            "ecosystem": "Alpine:v3.6"
          },
          "database_specific": {
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-23T15:17:40.779166085Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2014-4616"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2014-4616"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2014-4616",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 413714,
  "published_at": "2017-08-24T20:29:00.173+00:00"
}