CVE-2018-11593

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Published May 31, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 7.1 High EPSS 1.2% KEV · Not listed

Description

Espruino before 1.99 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and potential Information Disclosure with a user crafted input file via a Buffer Overflow during syntax parsing because strncpy is misused in jslex.c.

Affected Products

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:espruino:espruino:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2018-3618	Espruino before 1.99 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and potential Information Disclosure with a user crafted input file via a Buffer Overflow during syntax parsing because strncpy is misused in jslex.c.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.2% (1.207% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/espruino/Espruino/commit/bed844f109b6c222816740555068de2e101e8018
https://github.com/espruino/Espruino/files/2019228/eh_0.txt
https://github.com/espruino/Espruino/issues/1426

History

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Subscriptions

Espruino Espruino

Weaknesses

CWE-787

Sources

CVE record Updated: Sep 16, 2024, 6:39 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: May 31, 2018, 4:00 PM
Updated: Sep 16, 2024, 6:39 PM
Reserved: May 31, 2018, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 1:36 AM

Status: Modified
Published: May 31, 2018, 4:29 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 1:36 AM

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