[Pkg-javascript-devel] Bug#977736: iotjs: CVE-2020-29657

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: iotjs
Version: 1.0+715-1
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream
Forwarded: https://github.com/jerryscript-project/jerryscript/issues/4244
X-Debbugs-Cc: carnil at debian.org, Debian Security Team <team at security.debian.org>
Control: found -1 1.0-1

Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for iotjs. Actually for
embedded jerryscript, which seem still affected in up to the version
included in 1.0+715-1.

CVE-2020-29657[0]:
| In JerryScript 2.3.0, there is an out-of-bounds read in
| main_print_unhandled_exception in the main-utils.c file.


If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-29657
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-29657
[1] https://github.com/jerryscript-project/jerryscript/issues/4244

Regards,
Salvatore