What is CVE-2020-22884?

CVE-2020-22884 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Espruino, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2021-07-13.

How severe is CVE-2020-22884?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Espruino

CVE-2020-22884

Buffer overflow vulnerability in function jsvGetStringChars in Espruino before RELEASE_2V09, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.028 (85.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Espruino
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-120 — Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow)

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-22884?: CVE-2020-22884 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Espruino, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2021-07-13.
How severe is CVE-2020-22884?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.