CVE-2020-23257

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Published Apr 4, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

Buffer Overflow vulnerability found in Espruino 2v05.41 allows an attacker to cause a denial of service via the function jsvGarbageCollectMarkUsed in file src/jsvar.c.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:espruino:espruino:2.05.41:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2020-16008	Buffer Overflow vulnerability found in Espruino 2v05.41 allows an attacker to cause a denial of service via the function jsvGarbageCollectMarkUsed in file src/jsvar.c.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.869% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
http://www.espruino.com/
https://github.com/espruino/Espruino/issues/1820

History

Feb 13, 2025 5:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Espruino Espruino

Weaknesses

CWE-120

Sources

CVE record Updated: Feb 13, 2025, 4:28 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Apr 4, 2023, 12:00 AM
Updated: Feb 13, 2025, 4:28 PM
Reserved: Aug 13, 2020, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 4, 2024, 2:58 PM

Updated: Aug 4, 2024, 2:58 PM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 3:04 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Apr 4, 2023, 3:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 3:04 AM

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