SB2018121820 - Denial of service in Espruino
Published: December 18, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018121820
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Stack-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-20201)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to stack-based buffer overflow in the jsfNameFromString function of jsflash.c. A remote attacker can supply a specially crafted js file, trigger memory corruption and cause the service to crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.