
CVE catalog
CVE-2025-62494
DEBIAN-CVE-2025-62494
- Severity
- Unknown
- Published
- Updated
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.51% · Oct 25, 2026
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.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | quickjs | 13 | 2025.04.26-1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | quickjs | 14 | 2025.04.26-1 | vulnerable |
Fixed-version evidence
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [libquickjs]Affected
Source package: [quickjs]
Details (2)
2025.04.26-1· amd64 · trixieAffected
pypi · quickjs · debian · 13
2025.04.26-1· arm64 · trixieAffected
pypi · quickjs · debian · 13
- [quickjs]Affected
Details (2)
2025.04.26-1· amd64 · trixieAffected
pypi · quickjs · debian · 13
2025.04.26-1· arm64 · trixieAffected
pypi · quickjs · debian · 13
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