CVE-2015-4590

MEDIUM 5.0CVE-2015-4590 · Published 22/06/2015 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2015-4590 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability affecting arduino json (arduino json project).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.6%, higher than 85.6% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
arduino json arduino_json_project	`≤ 4.4`	No fix yet

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

openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/16/6 · Exploit
securityfocus.com/bid/75150
bblanchon/ArduinoJson
bblanchon/ArduinoJson commit 5e7b9ec
bblanchon/ArduinoJson#81 · Exploit

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