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.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2025-62494 is rated Exploit Available (56.7/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.47%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-06-15 | 0.02% | 0.47% | +0.45% |
| 2 | 2025-10-17 | — | 0.02% | — |
Full EPSS history (2 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
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| 7.1 | 4.0 | HIGH |
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— | — | [email protected] |
| 8.8 | 3.1 | HIGH |
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2.8 | 5.9 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
alpine
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— | CVE-2025-62494: 1 source package rows (quickjs); 8 state rows across 3 repos (3.22-community, 3.23-community, edge-community); fixed 0, open 8. | https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2025-62494 |
debian
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not yet assigned | CVE-2025-62494 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (quickjs), 3 status rows across 3 suites (forky, sid, trixie): open 3. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-62494 |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2025-62494 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (quickjs), 5 status rows across 5 suites (jammy, noble, plucky, questing, upstream): needs-triage 3, DNE 1, ignored 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-62494 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| quickjs_project | quickjs | < 2025-09-13 | cpe:2.3:a:quickjs_project:quickjs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://bellard.org/quickjs/Changelog | Release Notes |
| https://issuetracker.google.com/434193023 | Exploit Issue Tracking |