CVE-2018-11598 json
Espruino before 1.99 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and a potential Information Disclosure with user cra…
published 2018-05-31 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-3623
- cvss
- 7.1
- version 3.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 1.3%
- EPSS 1.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 70%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
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.
Patch / fix
Exploit prediction
1.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 70% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Exploits and checks
- github.com https://github.com/espruino/Espruino/files/2025968/test_2.txt referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
- github.com https://github.com/espruino/Espruino/files/2025956/test_0.txt referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
- github.com https://github.com/espruino/Espruino/files/2025963/test_1.txt referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 7.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 5.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P |
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read
References
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github.com
/espruino/Espruino/commit/bf4416ab9129ee3afd56739ea4e3cd0da5484b6b
patch, vendor-advisory
-
github.com
/espruino/Espruino/files/2025968/test_2.txt
exploit, vendor-advisory
-
github.com
/espruino/Espruino/files/2025956/test_0.txt
exploit, vendor-advisory
-
github.com
/espruino/Espruino/files/2025963/test_1.txt
exploit, vendor-advisory
-
github.com
/espruino/Espruino/issues/1437
issue-tracking, vendor-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2018-11598
- NVD CVE-2018-11598
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