CVE-2015-4590 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via a buffer overflow in the Arduino JSON library's string extraction function.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2015-4590?
CVE-2015-4590 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 22 Jun 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-4590?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Arduino Json Project Arduino Json.
How do I fix CVE-2015-4590?
No fix has been published for CVE-2015-4590 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2015-4590 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-4590 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-h79r-6v3m-rwjv.