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


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.67% (80th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2204-IOTJS-2797763
  • published29 Dec 2020
  • disclosed24 May 2018

Introduced: 24 May 2018

CVE-2018-11418  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:22.04 iotjs.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream iotjs package and not the iotjs package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:22.04 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_utf8 function via a RegExp("[\u0020") payload, related to re_parse_char_class in parser/regexp/re-parser.c.