CVE-2018-11598

Public Exploit

Description

Espruino before 1.99 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and a potential Information Disclosure with user crafted input files via a Buffer Overflow or Out-of-bounds Read during syntax parsing of certain for loops in jsparse.c.

Category

7.1
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.28%
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Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://github.com/espruino/Espruino/files/2025968/test_2.txt exploit vendor advisory
https://github.com/espruino/Espruino/files/2025956/test_0.txt exploit vendor advisory
https://github.com/espruino/Espruino/files/2025963/test_1.txt exploit vendor advisory
https://github.com/espruino/Espruino/commit/bf4416ab9129ee3afd56739ea4e3cd0da5484b6b patch vendor advisory
https://github.com/espruino/Espruino/issues/1437 issue tracking vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2018-11598?
CVE-2018-11598 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2018-11598?
To fix CVE-2018-11598, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2018-11598 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2018-11598 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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