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High · 7.1 CVE-2025-62494 EUVD-2025-34780GHSA-7gcv-76g2-94qm

Type confusion in string addition in QuickJS

Published Oct 16, 2025 · Updated Oct 16, 2025 · Assigned by Google

Description

A type confusion vulnerability exists in the handling of the string addition (+) operation within the QuickJS engine.

* The code first checks if the left-hand operand is a string.

* It then attempts to convert the right-hand operand to a primitive value using JS_ToPrimitiveFree. This conversion can trigger a callback (e.g., toString or valueOf).

* During this callback, an attacker can modify the type of the left-hand operand in memory, changing it from a string to a different type (e.g., an object or an array).

* The code then proceeds to call JS_ConcatStringInPlace, which still treats the modified left-hand value as a string.

This mismatch between the assumed type (string) and the actual type allows an attacker to control the data structure being processed by the concatenation logic, resulting in a type confusion condition. This can lead to out-of-bounds memory access, potentially resulting in memory corruption and arbitrary code execution in the context of the QuickJS runtime.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
QuickJS QuickJS 2025-04-26 – < 2025-09-13 2025-09-13

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 quickjs No fix yet —
Debian 13 quickjs No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 quickjs No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS quickjs No fix yet —
Ubuntu 25.10 quickjs No fix yet —
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS quickjs No fix yet —

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