CVE-2025-62491HIGH 8.8EPSS p28.8%
CVE-2025-62491CVE-2025-62491
Description
A Use-After-Free (UAF) vulnerability exists in the QuickJS engine's standard library when iterating over the global list of unhandled rejected promises (ts->rejected_promise_list).
* The function js_std_promise_rejection_check attempts to iterate over the rejected_promise_list to report unhandled rejections using a standard list loop.
* The reason for a promise rejection is processed inside the loop, including calling js_std_dump_error1(ctx, rp->reason).
* If the promise rejection reason is an Error object that defines a custom property getter (e.g., via Object.defineProperty), this getter is executed during the error dumping process.
* The malicious custom getter can execute JavaScript code that calls catch() on the same rejected promise being processed.
* Calling catch() internally triggers js_std_promise_rejection_tracker, which then removes and frees the current promise entry (JSRejectedPromiseEntry) from the rejected_promise_list.
* Since the list iteration continues using the now-freed memory pointer (el), the subsequent loop access results in a Use-After-Free condition.
Scoring
| CVSS 3.1 | 8.8 (HIGH) |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 0.37% probability of exploitation · percentile 28.8% · 2026-06-18T12:00:27Z |
| Published | 2025-10-16 |
| Last modified | 2025-10-30 |
Underlying weaknesses· 1
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| Type | Target | Confidence | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weakness | Use After Freecwe-416 | 0% | live |
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