CVE-2016-4000

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

• CWE-502

• http://bugs.jython.org/issue2454Vendor Advisory
• http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3893Third Party Advisory
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105647
• https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=864859Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• https://hg.python.org/jython/file/v2.7.1rc1/NEWSThird Party Advisory
• https://hg.python.org/jython/rev/d06e29d100c0Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/0919ec1db20b1022f22b8e78f355667df74d6142b463ff17d03ad533%40%3Cdevnull.infra.apache.org%3E
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-4000Third Party Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-28
• https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGPYTHON-31451Third Party Advisory
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
• https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html
• https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.html
• https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html
• http://bugs.jython.org/issue2454Vendor Advisory
• http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3893Third Party Advisory
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105647
• https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=864859Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• https://hg.python.org/jython/file/v2.7.1rc1/NEWSThird Party Advisory
• https://hg.python.org/jython/rev/d06e29d100c0Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/0919ec1db20b1022f22b8e78f355667df74d6142b463ff17d03ad533%40%3Cdevnull.infra.apache.org%3E
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-4000Third Party Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-28
• https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGPYTHON-31451Third Party Advisory
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
• https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html
• https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.html
• https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html

Published

Jul 6, 2017

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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