A vulnerability exists in the QuickJS engine's BigInt string parsing logic (js_bigint_from_string) when attempting to create a BigInt from a string with an excessively large number of digits. The function calculates the necessary number of bits (n_bits) required to store the BigInt using the formula: $$\text{n\_bits} = (\text{n\_digits} \times 27 + 7) / 8 \quad (\text{for radix 10})$$ * For large input strings (e.g., $79,536,432$ digits or more for base 10), the intermediate calculation $(\text{n\_digits} \times 27 + 7)$ exceeds the maximum value of a standard signed 32-bit integer, resulting in an Integer Overflow. * The resulting n_bits value becomes unexpectedly small or even negative due to this wrap-around. * This flawed n_bits is then used to compute n_limbs, the number of memory "limbs" needed for the BigInt object. Since n_bits is too small, the calculated n_limbs is also significantly underestimated. * The function proceeds to allocate a JSBigInt object using this underestimated n_limbs. * When the function later attempts to write the actual BigInt data into the allocated object, the small buffer size is quickly exceeded, leading to a Heap Out-of-Bounds Write as data is written past the end of the allocated r->tab array.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2025-62496 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.04%). 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 |
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| — | 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) |
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| 1 | 2025-11-27 | 0.05% | 0.04% | -0.01% |
| 2 | 2025-11-21 | 0.04% | 0.05% | +0.01% |
| 3 | 2025-11-18 | — | 0.04% | — |
Full EPSS history (5 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-2025-62496: 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-2025-62496 |
debian
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not yet assigned | CVE-2025-62496 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-2025-62496 |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2025-62496 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-2025-62496 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| quickjs_project | quickjs | < 2025-09-13 | cpe:2.3:a:quickjs_project:quickjs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| URL | Tags |
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| https://bellard.org/quickjs/Changelog | Release Notes |
| https://issuetracker.google.com/434193016 | Exploit Issue Tracking |