CVE-2015-4590 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The extractFrom function in Internals/QuotedString.cpp in Arduino JSON before 4.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a JSON string with a \ (backslash) followed by a terminator, as demonstrated by "\\\0", which triggers a buffer overflow and over-read.

Published: 2015-06-22

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 1.0% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:arduino_json_project:arduino_json:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2015-4610	The extractFrom function in Internals/QuotedString.cpp in Arduino JSON before 4.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a JSON string with a \ (backslash) followed by a terminator, as demonstrated by "\\\0", which triggers a buffer overflow and over-read.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01017.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/16/6
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75150
https://github.com/bblanchon/ArduinoJson/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
https://github.com/bblanchon/ArduinoJson/commit/5e7b9ec688d79e7b16ec7064e1d37e8481a31e72
https://github.com/bblanchon/ArduinoJson/pull/81

History

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Subscriptions

Arduino Json Project Arduino Json

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2015-06-22T18:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T06:18:11.950Z

Reserved: 2015-06-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-4590

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2015-06-22T18:59:00.073

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2015-4590

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-119

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