CVE-2023-24832 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A null pointer dereference bug in Hermes prior to commit 5cae9f72975cf0e5a62b27fdd8b01f103e198708 could have been used by an attacker to crash an Hermes runtime where the EnableHermesInternal config option was set to true. Note that this is only exploitable in cases where Hermes is used to execute untrusted JavaScript. Hence, most React Native applications are not affected.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0018.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Facebook	Hermes

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:facebook:hermes:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-28822	A null pointer dereference bug in Hermes prior to commit 5cae9f72975cf0e5a62b27fdd8b01f103e198708 could have been used by an attacker to crash an Hermes runtime where the EnableHermesInternal config option was set to true. Note that this is only exploitable in cases where Hermes is used to execute untrusted JavaScript. Hence, most React Native applications are not affected.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/facebook/hermes/commit/5cae9f72975cf0e5a62b27fdd8b01f103e198708
https://www.facebook.com/security/advisories/cve-2023-24832

History

Tue, 21 Jan 2025 21:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: facebook

Published: 2023-05-18T21:24:01.747Z

Updated: 2025-01-21T20:23:54.785Z

Reserved: 2023-01-30T21:12:47.476Z

Link: CVE-2023-24832

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T11:03:19.354Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-05-18T22:15:09.650

Modified: 2025-01-21T21:15:09.160

Link: CVE-2023-24832

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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