CVE-2025-46687 (GCVE-0-2025-46687)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-04-27 00:00 – Updated: 2025-04-28 16:19
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
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.
Severity
5.6 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-04-28 15:56 UTC
CWE
- CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Assigner
References
6 references
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| QuickJS Project | QuickJS |
Affected:
0 , < 2025-04-26
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