CVE-2017-9250 (GCVE-0-2017-9250)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-05-28 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 17:02
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Summary
The lexer_process_char_literal function in jerry-core/parser/js/js-lexer.c in JerryScript 1.0 does not skip memory allocation for empty strings, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via malformed JavaScript source code, related to the jmem_heap_free_block function.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
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Date Public
2017-05-28 00:00
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