CVE-2018-11595

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Published May 31, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 7.8 High EPSS 1.3% KEV · Not listed

Description

Espruino before 1.99 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and a potential Escalation of Privileges with a user crafted input file via a Buffer Overflow during syntax parsing, because strncat is misused.

Affected Products

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

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-2018-3620	Espruino before 1.99 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and a potential Escalation of Privileges with a user crafted input file via a Buffer Overflow during syntax parsing, because strncat is misused.

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 High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.3% (1.273% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/espruino/Espruino/commit/0a7619875bf79877907205f6bee08465b89ff10b
https://github.com/espruino/Espruino/files/2019210/test_0.txt
https://github.com/espruino/Espruino/files/2019216/test_2.txt
https://github.com/espruino/Espruino/files/2019220/test_4.txt
https://github.com/espruino/Espruino/issues/1425

History

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Subscriptions

Espruino Espruino

Weaknesses

CWE-119

Sources

CVE record Updated: Sep 17, 2024, 2:06 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: May 31, 2018, 4:00 PM
Updated: Sep 17, 2024, 2:06 AM
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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