Vulnerability Details CVE-2025-62496
A vulnerability exists in the QuickJS engine's BigInt string parsing logic (js_bigint_from_string) when attempting to create a BigInt from a string with an excessively large number of digits.
The function calculates the necessary number of bits (n_bits) required to store the BigInt using the formula:
$$\text{n\_bits} = (\text{n\_digits} \times 27 + 7) / 8 \quad (\text{for radix 10})$$
* For large input strings (e.g., $79,536,432$ digits or more for base 10), the intermediate calculation $(\text{n\_digits} \times 27 + 7)$ exceeds the maximum value of a standard signed 32-bit integer, resulting in an Integer Overflow.
* The resulting n_bits value becomes unexpectedly small or even negative due to this wrap-around.
* This flawed n_bits is then used to compute n_limbs, the number of memory "limbs" needed for the BigInt object. Since n_bits is too small, the calculated n_limbs is also significantly underestimated.
* The function proceeds to allocate a JSBigInt object using this underestimated n_limbs.
* When the function later attempts to write the actual BigInt data into the allocated object, the small buffer size is quickly exceeded, leading to a Heap Out-of-Bounds Write as data is written past the end of the allocated r->tab array.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.0
EPSS Ranking 11.8%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 8.8
Products affected by CVE-2025-62496
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cpe:2.3:a:quickjs_project:quickjs:-
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cpe:2.3:a:quickjs_project:quickjs:2019-07-09
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cpe:2.3:a:quickjs_project:quickjs:2019-07-21
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cpe:2.3:a:quickjs_project:quickjs:2019-07-28
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cpe:2.3:a:quickjs_project:quickjs:2019-08-10
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cpe:2.3:a:quickjs_project:quickjs:2019-08-18
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cpe:2.3:a:quickjs_project:quickjs:2019-09-01
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cpe:2.3:a:quickjs_project:quickjs:2019-09-18
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cpe:2.3:a:quickjs_project:quickjs:2019-10-27
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cpe:2.3:a:quickjs_project:quickjs:2019-12-21
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cpe:2.3:a:quickjs_project:quickjs:2020-01-05
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cpe:2.3:a:quickjs_project:quickjs:2020-01-19
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cpe:2.3:a:quickjs_project:quickjs:2020-03-16
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cpe:2.3:a:quickjs_project:quickjs:2020-04-12
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cpe:2.3:a:quickjs_project:quickjs:2020-07-05
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cpe:2.3:a:quickjs_project:quickjs:2020-09-06
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cpe:2.3:a:quickjs_project:quickjs:2020-11-08
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cpe:2.3:a:quickjs_project:quickjs:2021-03-27
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cpe:2.3:a:quickjs_project:quickjs:2022-03-06
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cpe:2.3:a:quickjs_project:quickjs:2023-12-09
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cpe:2.3:a:quickjs_project:quickjs:2024-01-13