CVE-2016-4000

critical

Description

Jython before 2.7.1rc1 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted serialized PyFunction object.

References

https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGPYTHON-31451

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-4000

https://hg.python.org/jython/rev/d06e29d100c0

https://hg.python.org/jython/file/v2.7.1rc1/NEWS

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=864859

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3893

https://www.tenable.com/blog/oracle-critical-patch-update-for-october-contains-180-fixes

https://www.tenable.com/blog/oracle-critical-patch-update-for-april-contains-297-fixes

https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html

https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.html

https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-28

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/0919ec1db20b1022f22b8e78f355667df74d6142b463ff17d03ad533%40%3Cdevnull.infra.apache.org%3E

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105647

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html

http://bugs.jython.org/issue2454

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-07-06

Updated: 2025-04-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.14492