CVE-2016-4000

9.8 CRITICAL

Published: July 06, 2017 Modified: May 13, 2026

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Description

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

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

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

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://bugs.jython.org/issue2454

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Third Party Advisory

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://bugs.jython.org/issue2454