What is CVE-2024-29489?

CVE-2024-29489 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jerryscript, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-03-28.

How severe is CVE-2024-29489?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-29489 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

NULL pointer dereference in Jerryscript

CVE-2024-29489

Jerryscript 2.4.0 has SEGV at ./jerry-core/ecma/base/ecma-helpers.c:238:58 in ecma_get_object_type.

Published 2024-03-28 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (25.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 25th percentile — 25.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Jerryscript

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

github.com/jerryscript-project/jerryscript/issues/5101 (Exploit, Issue Tracking)
github.com/jerryscript-project/jerryscript/pull/5129 (Patch, Issue Tracking)
github.com/jerryscript-project/jerryscript/commit/cefd391772529c8a9531d7b3c244d… (Patch)
gist.github.com/gandalf4a/9826a897ae1e3c8d1c7e71a1ec71d415 (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-29489?: CVE-2024-29489 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jerryscript, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-03-28.
How severe is CVE-2024-29489?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-29489 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.