TI-2018-08299 Aliases CVE-2018-11596 GHSA-hcm6-pjjj-gpvp

Espruino before 1.99 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash)…

LOW 26CWE-119Published 2018-05-31 · Updated 2024-09-17

Key facts

Attack vector: Local
Privileges required: None
User interaction: Required
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · None · High
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-119 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

Espruino before 1.99 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) with a user crafted input file via a Buffer Overflow during syntax parsing because a check for '\0' is made for the wrong array element in jsvar.c.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00811 57th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:o:espruino:espruino::::::::	before 1.99	Vulnerable	Espruino

cpe:2.3:o:espruino:espruino:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 1.99 Vulnerable ·Espruino

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-11596
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hcm6-pjjj-gpvp

References

Patch 1

https://github.com/espruino/Espruino/commit/ce1924193862d58cb43d3d4d9dada710a8361b89

Advisory 1

https://github.com/espruino/Espruino/issues/1435

TI-2020-13677 An issue found in Espruino Espruino 6ea4c0a allows an attacker to execute arbitrrary code… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2024-16632 Espruino 2v20 (commit fcc9ba4) was discovered to contain a Stack Overflow via the… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
TI-2024-16633 Espruino 2v20 (commit fcc9ba4) was discovered to contain an Out-of-bounds Read via… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
TI-2020-14418 Buffer overflow vulnerability in function jsvGetStringChars in Espruino before… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2020-14502 Buffer Overflow vulnerability found in Espruino 2v05.41 allows an attacker to cause a… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
TI-2018-08298 Espruino before 1.99 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash)… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8

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Sources

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