Quickjs
CVE-2025-46687
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A06:2025 - Insecure Design
ASVS 5.0
V2 - Validation and Business Logic Resource allocation limits
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Impact The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 5.6 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: local attack vector, high complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction not required. Public proof-of-concept exploit code is available. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.10%. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A local attacker with access to the system could exhaust system resources through uncontrolled allocation. No authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Mar 28, 2026
quickjs-ng through 0.9.0 has a missing length check in JS_ReadString for a string, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.6), this vulnerability is no authentication required. Public exploit code available.
RemediationAI
A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Set resource limits, implement rate limiting, validate input sizes.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified as Allocation of Resources Without Limits (CWE-770), which allows attackers to exhaust system resources through uncontrolled allocation. 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. Affected products include: Bellard Quickjs, Quickjs-Ng Quickjs. Version information: through 0.9.0.
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CVSS VectorNVD
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3DescriptionCVE.org
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.
Executive ViewAI
Organizations using quickjs-ng through 0.9.0 should be aware of moderate risk from CVE-2025-46687 rated CVSS 5.6. Exploitation could compromise the security of affected deployments. Proof-of-concept code is publicly available. A patch is available and should be applied during regular vulnerability management.
Apply vendor patch. If patching is delayed: restrict network access and enable monitoring.
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Attack Technique
A buffer overflow occurs when a program writes more data to a memory buffer than it was allocated to hold, causing the excess data to spill into adjacent memory regions.
Denial of Service attacks render applications or systems unavailable by overwhelming resources or triggering failure conditions.
Affected Products (CPE)CVE.org
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Type confusion in QuickJS's handling of the string addition (+) operation allows local attackers to trigger out-of-bound
Information disclosure in QuickJS occurs through a floating-point precision error in TypedArray.prototype.indexOf() when
An out-of-bounds heap read in QuickJS's BigInt-to-string conversion (js_bigint_to_string1) lets script-controlled BigInt
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Heap-based buffer overflow in QuickJS up to version 0.11.0 within the js_typed_array_constructor function allows unauthe
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