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.

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Thu, 30 Oct 2025 16:30:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Quickjs Project
Quickjs Project quickjs
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:quickjs_project:quickjs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Quickjs Project
Quickjs Project quickjs
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


Tue, 21 Oct 2025 09:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Quickjs-ng
Quickjs-ng quickjs
Vendors & Products Quickjs-ng
Quickjs-ng quickjs

Thu, 16 Oct 2025 18:15:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 16 Oct 2025 16:00:00 +0000

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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.
Title Use-after-free in js_std_promise_rejection_check in QuickJS
Weaknesses CWE-416
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Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': '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'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Google

Published:

Updated: 2025-10-16T18:04:16.529Z

Reserved: 2025-10-15T08:47:41.878Z

Link: CVE-2025-62491

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-10-16T18:04:10.405Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-10-16T16:15:39.470

Modified: 2025-10-30T16:27:28.127

Link: CVE-2025-62491

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-10-21T09:40:04Z

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