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High · 7.1 CVE-2025-62495 EUVD-2025-34779GHSA-g8rq-rjvv-4hcc

Type confusion in string addition in QuickJS

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

Description

An integer overflow vulnerability exists in the QuickJS regular expression engine (libregexp) due to an inconsistent representation of the bytecode buffer size.

* The regular expression bytecode is stored in a DynBuf structure, which correctly uses a $\text{size}\_\text{t}$ (an unsigned type, typically 64-bit) for its size member.

* However, several functions, such as re_emit_op_u32 and other internal parsing routines, incorrectly cast or store this DynBuf $\text{size}\_\text{t}$ value into a signed int (typically 32-bit).

* When a large or complex regular expression (such as those generated by a recursive pattern in a Proof-of-Concept) causes the bytecode size to exceed $2^{31}$ bytes (the maximum positive value for a signed 32-bit integer), the size value wraps around, resulting in a negative integer when stored in the int variable (Integer Overflow).

* This negative value is subsequently used in offset calculations. For example, within functions like re_parse_disjunction, the negative size is used to compute an offset (pos) for patching a jump instruction.

* This negative offset is then incorrectly added to the buffer pointer (s->byte\_code.buf + pos), leading to an out-of-bounds write on the first line of the snippet below:

put_u32(s->byte_code.buf + pos, len);

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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Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS quickjs No fix yet —

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