Out-of-bounds Read Affecting iotjs package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.22% (60th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN10-IOTJS-1050936
  • published14 Dec 2020
  • disclosed1 Mar 2018

Introduced: 1 Mar 2018

CVE-2017-18212  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:10 iotjs.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream iotjs package and not the iotjs package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in JerryScript 1.0. There is a heap-based buffer over-read in the lit_read_code_unit_from_hex function in lit/lit-char-helpers.c via a RegExp("[\x0"); payload.