CVE-2015-4590

ArduinoJson < 4.4 - Denial of Service via Malformed JSON String

Title source: llm

Description

The 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.

References (5)

Core 5

Core References

Patch x_refsource_confirm

https://github.com/bblanchon/ArduinoJson/commit/5e7b9ec688d79e7b16ec7064e1d37e8481a31e72

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Exploit x_refsource_confirm

https://github.com/bblanchon/ArduinoJson/pull/81

Exploit mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/16/6

Various Sources x_refsource_confirm

https://github.com/bblanchon/ArduinoJson/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md

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Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75150

Scores

EPSS 0.0265

EPSS Percentile 83.7%

Details

CWE

CWE-119

Status published

Products (1)

arduino_json_project/arduino_json < 4.4

Published Jun 22, 2015

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026