Heap out-of-bounds read in js_bigint_to_string1 in QuickJS
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Passive
- Attack complexity
- High
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · Low · Low
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
A vulnerability exists in the QuickJS engine's BigInt string conversion logic (js_bigint_to_string1) due to an incorrect calculation of the required number of digits, which in turn leads to reading memory past the allocated BigInt structure. * The function determines the number of characters (n_digits) needed for the string representation by calculating: $$ \\ \text{n\_digits} = (\text{n\_bits} + \text{log2\_radix} - 1) / \text{log2\_radix}$$ $$$$This formula is off-by-one in certain edge cases when calculating the necessary memory limbs. For instance, a 127-bit BigInt using radix 32 (where $\text{log2\_radix}=5$) is calculated to need $\text{n\_digits}=26$. * The maximum number of bits actually stored is $\text{n\_bits}=127$, which requires only two 64-bit limbs ($\text{JS\_LIMB\_BITS}=64$). * The conversion loop iterates $\text{n\_digits}=26$ times, attempting to read 5 bits in each iteration, totaling $26 \times 5 = 130$ bits. * In the final iterations of the loop, the code attempts to read data that spans two limbs: C c = (r->tab[pos] >> shift) | (r->tab[pos + 1] << (JS_LIMB_BITS - shift)); * Since the BigInt was only allocated two limbs, the read operation for r->tab[pos + 1] becomes an Out-of-Bounds Read when pos points to the last valid limb (e.g., $pos=1$). This vulnerability allows an attacker to cause the engine to read and process data from the memory immediately following the BigInt buffer. This can lead to Information Disclosure of sensitive data stored on the heap adjacent to the BigInt object.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
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Affected products
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-2025-38733 Use-after-free in js_std_promise_rejection_check in QuickJSPriority HIGH 73
- 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
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-62493
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-pff3-r4r5-gmxp
References
More Quickjs vulnerabilities
- 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
Sources
- CVE-2025-62493 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-62493 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-pff3-r4r5-gmxp · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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