What is CVE-2023-28081?

CVE-2023-28081 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Facebook Hermes, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-05-18.

How severe is CVE-2023-28081?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Use After Free in Facebook Hermes

CVE-2023-28081

A bytecode optimization bug in Hermes prior to commit e6ed9c1a4b02dc219de1648f44cd808a56171b81 could be used to cause an use-after-free and obtain arbitrary code execution via a carefully crafted payload. Note that this is only exploitable…

Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free

EPSS: 0.009 (55.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Facebook Hermes — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-416 — Use After Free

References

cve-assign@fb.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
cve-assign@fb.com (Patch, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-28081?: CVE-2023-28081 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Facebook Hermes, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-05-18.
How severe is CVE-2023-28081?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.