### [CVE-2014-4616](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-4616)
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### Description

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.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://hackerone.com/reports/12297

#### Github
- https://github.com/blakeblackshear/wale_seg_fault
- https://github.com/mudongliang/LinuxFlaw
- https://github.com/oneoy/cve-