Interpreter crash via unbounded parser recursion
Published Feb 7, 2024 · Updated Jun 20, 2025
Stack overflow in Espruino 2v20 allows remote attackers to crash the interpreter by executing crafted JavaScript source. The jspeFactorFunctionCall routine in src/jsparse.c recursively parses the deeply nested function-call expression generated by the proof of concept without limiting call depth, exhausting the native stack. Network exploitation requires a deployment that accepts attacker-supplied JavaScript; the demonstrated release build terminates with a segmentation fault.
Summary
What happened
Stack overflow in Espruino 2v20 allows remote attackers to crash the interpreter by executing crafted JavaScript source. The jspeFactorFunctionCall routine in src/jsparse.c recursively parses the deeply nested function-call expression generated by the proof of concept without limiting call depth, exhausting the native stack. Network exploitation requires a deployment that accepts attacker-supplied JavaScript; the demonstrated release build terminates with a segmentation fault.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-25200
- Published
- Feb 7, 2024
- Updated
- Jun 20, 2025
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-787, T1499.004
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Feb 7, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jun 20, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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Attacks
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Public exploit references
- Espruino parser stack-overflow proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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