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 3.18.8 (HIGH)
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS0.37% probability of exploitation · percentile 28.8% · 2026-06-18T12:00:27Z
Published2025-10-16
Last modified2025-10-30

Underlying weaknesses· 1

CWE-416

References

  1. https://bellard.org/quickjs/Changelog
  2. https://issuetracker.google.com/434195203

1

TypeTargetConfidenceTier
WeaknessUse After Freecwe-4160%live

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