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TI-2024-29018 Aliases CVE-2024-43367GHSA-f67q-wr6w-23jq

Boa has an uncaught exception when transitioning the state of `AsyncGenerator` objects

Priority MEDIUM 40CWE-248Published · 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
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-248.

Summary

Boa is an embeddable and experimental Javascript engine written in Rust. Starting in version 0.16 and prior to version 0.19.0, a wrong assumption made when handling ECMAScript's `AsyncGenerator` operations can cause an uncaught exception on certain scripts. Boa's implementation of `AsyncGenerator` makes the assumption that the state of an `AsyncGenerator` object cannot change while resolving a promise created by methods of `AsyncGenerator` such as `%AsyncGeneratorPrototype%.next`, `%AsyncGeneratorPrototype%.return`, or `%AsyncGeneratorPrototype%.throw`. However, a carefully constructed code could trigger a state transition from a getter method for the promise's `then` property, which causes the engine to fail an assertion of this assumption, causing an uncaught exception. This could be used to create a Denial Of Service attack in applications that run arbitrary ECMAScript code provided by an external user. Version 0.19.0 is patched to correctly handle this case. Users unable to upgrade to the patched version would want to use `std::panic::catch_unwind` to ensure any exceptions caused by the engine don't impact the availability of the main application.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00597 48th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed boa (boa-dev): 0.19.0boa_engine (crates.io): 0.19.0

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
boa-devboa0.16 to before 0.19.00.19.0Patch availableCNA
—boa_engine (crates.io)0.16 to before 0.19.00.19.0Patch availableGHSA-f67q-wr6w-23jq
  • boa Vendorboa-dev Affected 0.16 to before 0.19.0 Fixed in 0.19.0 Patch available CNA
  • boa_engine (crates.io) Vendor— Affected 0.16 to before 0.19.0 Fixed in 0.19.0 Patch available GHSA-f67q-wr6w-23jq

CPE names CISA-ADP · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:boa:boa:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——Boa
  • cpe:2.3:a:boa:boa:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·Boa

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA boa (boa-dev) Fixed in 0.19.0
  • Fix · GHSA-f67q-wr6w-23jq boa_engine (crates.io) Fixed in 0.19.0 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-43367
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-f67q-wr6w-23jq

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