CVE-2018-11593
Espruino before 1.99 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and...
Espruino before 1.99 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and potential Information Disclosure with a user crafted input file via a Buffer Overflow during syntax parsing because strncpy is misused in jslex.c.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Espruino before 1.99 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and potential Information Disclosure with a user crafted input file via a Buffer Overflow during syntax parsing because strncpy is misused in jslex.c.
- Record
CVE-2018-11593- CVSS 3.0
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 5.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-787
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Espruino before 1.99 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and potential Information Disclosure with a user crafted input file via a Buffer Overflow during syntax parsing because strncpy is misused in jslex.c.
- Record
CVE-2018-11593- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-3618 No score
Espruino before 1.99 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and potential Information Disclosure with a user crafted input file via a Buffer Overflow during syntax parsing because strncpy is misused in jslex.c.
- Record
EUVD-2018-3618- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-mhjc-hmmf-jc58
Espruino before 1.99 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and...
Espruino before 1.99 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and potential Information Disclosure with a user crafted input file via a Buffer Overflow during syntax parsing because strncpy is misused in jslex.c.
- Record
GHSA-mhjc-hmmf-jc58- CVSS 3.0
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-787
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-11593 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.1) in Espruino, published May 31, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.23%, the 69th percentile. No source names a fixed version.