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TI-2020-14416 Aliases CVE-2020-22876GHSA-qfv5-xwm6-99c6

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in quickjs.c in QuickJS, allows remote attackers to cause…

Priority LOW 36CWE-120Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-120 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in quickjs.c in QuickJS, allows remote attackers to cause denial of service. This issue is resolved in the 2020-07-05 release.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01554 75th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:quickjs_project:quickjs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 2020-07-05VulnerableQuickJS
  • cpe:2.3:a:quickjs_project:quickjs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 2020-07-05 Vulnerable ·QuickJS

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-22876
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-qfv5-xwm6-99c6

References

Exploit 1

  • TI-2025-38733 Use-after-free in js_std_promise_rejection_check in QuickJS CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2025-42911 A crafted JavaScript input executed with the QuickJS release 2025-09-13, fixed in commit… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2025-29366 quickjs-ng through 0.9.0 has an incorrect size calculation in JS_ReadBigInt for a BigInt… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
  • TI-2025-38738 Integer overflow in js_bigint_from_string in QuickJS CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.1
  • TI-2025-38737 Type confusion in string addition in QuickJS CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.1
  • TI-2025-38736 Type confusion in string addition in QuickJS CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.1
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Sources

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