ubuntu-cve-2025-62491
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2025-10-16 16:15
Modified
2026-05-20 15:22
Summary
Details

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.


{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "libquickjs",
            "binary_version": "2021.03.27-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "quickjs",
            "binary_version": "2021.03.27-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:24.04:LTS",
        "name": "quickjs",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/quickjs@2021.03.27-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source\u0026distro=esm-apps/noble"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "2021.03.27-1",
        "2021.03.27-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "libquickjs",
            "binary_version": "2025.04.26-1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "quickjs",
            "binary_version": "2025.04.26-1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:25.10",
        "name": "quickjs",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/quickjs@2025.04.26-1?arch=source\u0026distro=questing"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "2024.01.13-5",
        "2025.04.26-1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "libquickjs",
            "binary_version": "2025.04.26-1build1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "quickjs",
            "binary_version": "2025.04.26-1build1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:26.04:LTS",
        "name": "quickjs",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/quickjs@2025.04.26-1build1?arch=source\u0026distro=resolute"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "2025.04.26-1",
        "2025.04.26-1build1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "A Use-After-Free (UAF) vulnerability exists in the QuickJS engine\u0027s standard library when iterating over the global list of unhandled rejected promises (ts-\u003erejected_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-\u003ereason).   *  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.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2025-62491",
  "modified": "2026-05-20T15:22:57Z",
  "published": "2025-10-16T16:15:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-62491"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-62491"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://issuetracker.google.com/434195203"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bellard.org/quickjs/Changelog"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:H/SI:H/SA:L",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2025-62491"
  ]
}



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