668
VMScore

CVE-2016-4000

Published: 06/07/2017 Updated: 07/11/2023
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.5 | Impact Score: 6.4 | Exploitability Score: 10
CVSS v3 Base Score: 9.8 | Impact Score: 5.9 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
VMScore: 668
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Summary

Jython prior to 2.7.1rc1 allows malicious users to execute arbitrary code via a crafted serialized PyFunction object.

Vulnerability Trend

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jython project jython 2.7.0

debian debian linux 8.0

Vendor Advisories

Debian Bug report logs - #864859 jython: CVE-2016-4000: Unsafe deserialization leads to code execution Package: src:jython; Maintainer for src:jython is Debian Java Maintainers <pkg-java-maintainers@listsaliothdebianorg>; Reported by: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debianorg> Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2017 07:12:02 UTC Sev ...
Debian Bug report logs - #777079 jython: CVE-2013-2027 Package: src:jython; Maintainer for src:jython is Debian Java Maintainers <pkg-java-maintainers@listsaliothdebianorg>; Reported by: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debianorg> Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2015 20:12:01 UTC Severity: important Tags: security, upstream Found ...
Alvaro Munoz and Christian Schneider discovered that jython, an implementation of the Python language seamlessly integrated with Java, is prone to arbitrary code execution triggered when sending a serialized function to the deserializer For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 253-3+deb8u1 For the stable d ...
Jython before 271rc1 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted serialized PyFunction object ...

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