CVEvulnerability
CVE-2015-4590
5.0 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2015-06-22
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
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.
Affected configurations
• arduino json project arduino json (<= 4.4)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/16/6 Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75150 www.securityfocus.com
- https://github.com/bblanchon/ArduinoJson/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md github.com
- https://github.com/bblanchon/ArduinoJson/commit/5e7b9ec688d79e7b16ec7064e1d37e8481a31e72 github.com
- https://github.com/bblanchon/ArduinoJson/pull/81 Exploit
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/16/6 Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75150 www.securityfocus.com
- https://github.com/bblanchon/ArduinoJson/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md github.com
- https://github.com/bblanchon/ArduinoJson/commit/5e7b9ec688d79e7b16ec7064e1d37e8481a31e72 github.com
- https://github.com/bblanchon/ArduinoJson/pull/81 Exploit