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Out-of-bounds Read

CVE-2018-11592

Medium
5.5/10

Summary

Espruino before 1.98 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) with a user crafted input file via an Out-of-bounds Read during syntax parsing in which certain height validation is missing in libs/graphics/jswrap_graphics.c.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH

CWE-125 - Out-of-Bounds Read

Out-of-bounds read is a vulnerability that allows access to memory beyond the authorized accessible location. Such a vulnerability compromises the confidentiality of the trusted environment in the application and enables an attacker to launch further attacks by leveraging the exposed information.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published