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TI-2025-29365 Aliases CVE-2025-46687GHSA-hrc5-3jpv-g9x2

Resource allocation without limits in QuickJS

Priority HIGH 67CWE-770Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-770.

Summary

quickjs-ng through 0.9.0 has a missing length check in JS_ReadString for a string, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow. QuickJS before 2025-04-26 is also affected.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00304 23rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed QuickJS (QuickJS Project): 2025-04-26

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
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
QuickJSQuickJSbefore 2025-04-262025-04-26Patch availableCNA
  • QuickJS VendorQuickJS Affected before 2025-04-26 Fixed in 2025-04-26 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:bellard:quickjs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 2025-04-26VulnerableBellard
cpe:2.3:a:quickjs-ng:quickjs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 0.9.0Vulnerablequickjs-ng
  • cpe:2.3:a:bellard:quickjs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 2025-04-26 Vulnerable ·Bellard
  • cpe:2.3:a:quickjs-ng:quickjs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 0.9.0 Vulnerable ·quickjs-ng

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA QuickJS (QuickJS Project) Fixed in 2025-04-26

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Release ·

    QuickJS 2025-04-26

    2 records Highest priority Priority HIGH 2 HIGH

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2025-29366 quickjs-ng through 0.9.0 has an incorrect size calculation in JS_ReadBigInt for a BigInt…Priority HIGH 70
    Show all 2 records →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-46687
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hrc5-3jpv-g9x2

References

Exploit 2

Patch 3

Other 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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