What is CVE-2014-3539?

CVE-2014-3539 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Rope Project. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-04-06.

How severe is CVE-2014-3539?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Rope Project

CVE-2014-3539

base/oi/doa.py in the Rope library in CPython (aka Python) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging an unsafe call to pickle.load.

Published 2018-04-06 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.030 (86.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 87th percentile — 86.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.030 · newest: 0.030 · change: -0.000

Affected products

Rope Project

References

www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/07/1 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-3539?: CVE-2014-3539 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Rope Project. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-04-06.
How severe is CVE-2014-3539?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.