FKIE_CVE-2016-4000

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-07-06 16:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:46
Summary
Jython before 2.7.1rc1 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted serialized PyFunction object.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://bugs.jython.org/issue2454Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3893Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105647
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=864859Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://hg.python.org/jython/file/v2.7.1rc1/NEWSThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://hg.python.org/jython/rev/d06e29d100c0Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/0919ec1db20b1022f22b8e78f355667df74d6142b463ff17d03ad533%40%3Cdevnull.infra.apache.org%3E
cve@mitre.orghttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-4000Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-28
cve@mitre.orghttps://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGPYTHON-31451Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.html
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bugs.jython.org/issue2454Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3893Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105647
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=864859Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://hg.python.org/jython/file/v2.7.1rc1/NEWSThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://hg.python.org/jython/rev/d06e29d100c0Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/0919ec1db20b1022f22b8e78f355667df74d6142b463ff17d03ad533%40%3Cdevnull.infra.apache.org%3E
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-4000Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-28
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGPYTHON-31451Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
jython_project jython 2.7.0
debian debian_linux 8.0

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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T00:46:42.860",
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