High severity · published Jul 13, 2021
CVE-2020-22876
Buffer Overflow vulnerability in quickjs.c in QuickJS, allows remote attackers to cause denial of service
7.5
CVSS
1.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Buffer Overflow vulnerability in quickjs.c in QuickJS, allows remote attackers to cause denial of service. This issue is resolved in the 2020-07-05 release.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.6% · higher than 75% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
QU
Quickjs · Quickjs Project
before 2020-07-05 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-22876
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-22876
Exploit
https://github.com/ldarren/QuickJS/issues/11
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