CVE-2018-11595

Espruino before 1.99 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and a...

7.8 High

Espruino before 1.99 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and a potential Escalation of Privileges with a user crafted input file via a Buffer Overflow during syntax parsing, because strncat is misused.

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: High
Availability: High

Exploit likelihood

1.30%Down 0.3 points since Apr 14, 2021

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.8

Record: CVE-2018-11595
CVSS 3.0: 7.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0: 6.8 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness: CWE-119
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Record: CVE-2018-11595
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2018-3620 No score

Record: EUVD-2018-3620
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-9rxf-7qrw-4726 7.8

Espruino before 1.99 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and a...

Record: GHSA-9rxf-7qrw-4726
CVSS 3.0: 7.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-119
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

espruino

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2018-11595 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Espruino, published May 31, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.30%, the 70th percentile. No source names a fixed version.