Out-of-bounds Read in Facebook Hermes

CVE-2020-1915

An out-of-bounds read in the JavaScript Interpreter in Facebook Hermes prior to commit 8cb935cd3b2321c46aa6b7ed8454d95c75a7fca0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service attack or possible further memory corruption via crafted JavaScript. Note that this is only exploitable if the application using Hermes permits evaluation of untrusted JavaScript. Hence, most React Native applications are not affected.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.016 (74.2th 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:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

  • Facebook Hermes — versions commit prior to 8cb935cd3b2321c46aa6b7ed8454d95c75a7fca0

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-1915?
CVE-2020-1915 is a high-severity vulnerability in Facebook Hermes, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-10-26.
How severe is CVE-2020-1915?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.