Out-of-bounds Read in Jerryscript

CVE-2020-14163

An issue was discovered in ecma/operations/ecma-container-object.c in JerryScript 2.2.0. Operations with key/value pairs did not consider the case where garbage collection is triggered after the key operation but before the value operation, as demonstrated by improper read access to memory in ecma_gc_set_object_visited in ecma/base/ecma-gc.c.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.013 (66.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-14163?
CVE-2020-14163 is a high-severity vulnerability in Jerryscript, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-06-15.
How severe is CVE-2020-14163?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-14163 known to be exploited?
7 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.