CVE-2015-4590

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-4590
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-06-22 18:59:00 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Arduino Json Project Arduino Json All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
ArduinoJson/CHANGELOG.md at master · bblanchon/ArduinoJson · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
Update QuotedString.cpp · Pull Request #81 · bblanchon/ArduinoJson · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Exploit
Fix buffer overflow (pull request #81) · bblanchon/ArduinoJson@5e7b9ec · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
ArduinoJson JSON Strings Processing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
oss-security - Re: CVE ID Request: Buffer overflow in ArduinoJson when parsing crafted JSON strings af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Exploit
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