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TI-2025-38733 Aliases CVE-2025-62491GHSA-3r39-xffq-r9cc

Use-after-free in js_std_promise_rejection_check in QuickJS

Priority HIGH 73CWE-416Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Adjacent network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Passive
Attack complexity
High
Attack requirements
Present
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · Low
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-416 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

A Use-After-Free (UAF) vulnerability exists in the QuickJS engine's standard library when iterating over the global list of unhandled rejected promises (ts->rejected_promise_list). * The function js_std_promise_rejection_check attempts to iterate over the rejected_promise_list to report unhandled rejections using a standard list loop. * The reason for a promise rejection is processed inside the loop, including calling js_std_dump_error1(ctx, rp->reason). * If the promise rejection reason is an Error object that defines a custom property getter (e.g., via Object.defineProperty), this getter is executed during the error dumping process. * The malicious custom getter can execute JavaScript code that calls catch() on the same rejected promise being processed. * Calling catch() internally triggers js_std_promise_rejection_tracker, which then removes and frees the current promise entry (JSRejectedPromiseEntry) from the rejected_promise_list. * Since the list iteration continues using the now-freed memory pointer (el), the subsequent loop access results in a Use-After-Free condition.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00407 35th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed QuickJS (QuickJS): 2025-09-13

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
QuickJSQuickJS2025-04-26 to before 2025-09-132025-09-13Patch availableCNA
  • QuickJS VendorQuickJS Affected 2025-04-26 to before 2025-09-13 Fixed in 2025-09-13 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:quickjs_project:quickjs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 2025-09-13VulnerableQuickJS
  • cpe:2.3:a:quickjs_project:quickjs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 2025-09-13 Vulnerable ·QuickJS

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA QuickJS (QuickJS) Fixed in 2025-09-13

Fixed in the same release

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

  • Release ·

    QuickJS 2025-09-13

    7 records Highest priority Priority HIGH 4 HIGH, 3 MEDIUM

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2025-38738 Integer overflow in js_bigint_from_string in QuickJSPriority HIGH 66
    • TI-2025-38737 Type confusion in string addition in QuickJSPriority HIGH 66
    • TI-2025-38736 Type confusion in string addition in QuickJSPriority HIGH 66
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Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-62491
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3r39-xffq-r9cc

References

Exploit 1

Other 1

  • 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
  • TI-2023-15270 QuickJS commit 2788d71 was discovered to contain a stack-overflow via the component js_proxy_isArray at quickjs.c. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
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Sources

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