CVE-2025-62494 (GCVE-0-2025-62494)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-10-16 15:51 – Updated: 2025-10-16 17:46
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Type confusion in string addition in QuickJS
Summary
A type confusion vulnerability exists in the handling of the string addition (+) operation within the QuickJS engine.
* The code first checks if the left-hand operand is a string.
* It then attempts to convert the right-hand operand to a primitive value using JS_ToPrimitiveFree. This conversion can trigger a callback (e.g., toString or valueOf).
* During this callback, an attacker can modify the type of the left-hand operand in memory, changing it from a string to a different type (e.g., an object or an array).
* The code then proceeds to call JS_ConcatStringInPlace, which still treats the modified left-hand value as a string.
This mismatch between the assumed type (string) and the actual type allows an attacker to control the data structure being processed by the concatenation logic, resulting in a type confusion condition. This can lead to out-of-bounds memory access, potentially resulting in memory corruption and arbitrary code execution in the context of the QuickJS runtime.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-10-16 17:46 UTC
CWE
- CWE-704 - Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast
Assigner
References
2 references
Impacted products
Date Public
2025-07-24 22:00
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