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CVE-2018-1000636

6.5 · MEDIUM

JerryScript version Tested on commit f86d7459d195c8ba58479d1861b0cc726c8b3793.

Published Aug 20, 2018CWE-476EPSS 1.10%

Overview

CVE-2018-1000636 is a medium-severity vulnerability. It was published on August 20, 2018 and has a CVSS 3.0 base score of 6.5 (MEDIUM).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.0 base score of 6.5, rated MEDIUM. It can be exploited remotely over the network. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

Technical description

JerryScript version Tested on commit f86d7459d195c8ba58479d1861b0cc726c8b3793. Analysing history it seems that the issue has been present since commit 64a340ffeb8809b2b66bbe32fd443a8b79fdd860 contains a CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in Triggering undefined behavior at jerry-core/ecma/builtin-objects/typedarray/ecma-builtin-typedarray-prototype.c:598 (passing NULL to memcpy as 2nd argument) results in null pointer dereference (segfault) at jerry-core/jmem/jmem-heap.c:463 that can result in Crash due to segmentation fault. This attack appear to be exploitable via The victim must execute specially crafted javascript code. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in after commit 87897849f6879df10e8ad68a41bf8cf507edf710.

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

References

GitHubgithub.com/jerryscript-project/jerryscript/issues/2435GitHubgithub.com/jerryscript-project/jerryscript/issues/2435

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-1000636?

CVE-2018-1000636 is a medium-severity vulnerability. It was published on August 20, 2018 and has a CVSS 3.0 base score of 6.5 (MEDIUM).

How severe is CVE-2018-1000636?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.0 base score of 6.5, rated MEDIUM. It can be exploited remotely over the network. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2018-1000636?

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

How can CyberStrike help with CVE-2018-1000636?

CyberStrike is an open-source, AI-augmented pentesting engine. Rather than flag a version number, it tests whether an issue like CVE-2018-1000636 is actually reachable in your own applications and APIs, then verifies each finding before reporting it. That tells you if the weakness is a real, exploitable risk in your environment or a false positive you can safely deprioritize.

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