5.0
MEDIUM
CVE-2015-4590
Arduino JSON Buffer Overflow Denial of Service
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.

INFO

Published Date :

June 22, 2015, 6:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 2:31 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.9

Exploitability Score :

10.0
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2015-4590 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2015-4590 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Arduino_json_project arduino_json

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Updated: 5 months, 3 weeks ago
88 stars 16 fork 16 watcher
Born at : Aug. 27, 2015, 12:26 a.m. This repo has been linked 332 different CVEs too.

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2015-4590 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2015-4590 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 23, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:arduino_json_project:arduino_json:4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/16/6 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/16/6 Exploit
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/bblanchon/ArduinoJson/pull/81 No Types Assigned https://github.com/bblanchon/ArduinoJson/pull/81 Exploit
    Added CWE CWE-119
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 23, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

2.17 }} 0.63%

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0.89582

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