CVE catalog

CVE-2025-62494

DEBIAN-CVE-2025-62494

[CVE catalog]

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.

DistributionPackageReleaseVersionStatus
Debianquickjs132025.04.26-1vulnerable
Debianquickjs142025.04.26-1vulnerable

Fixed-version evidence

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 13 (Trixie)]

  • [libquickjs]Affected

    Source package: [quickjs]

    Details (2)
    • 2025.04.26-1 · amd64 · trixie

      Affected

      pypi · quickjs · debian · 13

    • 2025.04.26-1 · arm64 · trixie

      Affected

      pypi · quickjs · debian · 13

  • [quickjs]Affected
    Details (2)
    • 2025.04.26-1 · amd64 · trixie

      Affected

      pypi · quickjs · debian · 13

    • 2025.04.26-1 · arm64 · trixie

      Affected

      pypi · quickjs · debian · 13

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