Denial of service in Jerryscript

1) Buffer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU101074

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-29489

CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the ecma_get_object_type() function in jerry-core/ecma/base/ecma-helpers.c. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application, trigger memory corruption and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

JerryScript: 1.0 - 2.4.0

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:jerryscript:jerryscript:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:jerryscript:jerryscript:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:jerryscript:jerryscript:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://github.com/jerryscript-project/jerryscript/issues/5101
https://github.com/jerryscript-project/jerryscript/pull/5129
https://github.com/jerryscript-project/jerryscript/commit/cefd391772529c8a9531d7b3c244d78d38be47c6
https://gist.github.com/gandalf4a/9826a897ae1e3c8d1c7e71a1ec71d415

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.