CVE-2023-48184 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

QuickJS before 7414e5f has a quickjs.h JS_FreeValueRT use-after-free because of incorrect garbage collection of async functions with closures.

Published: 2024-04-23

Score: 3.9 Low

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:quickjs_project:quickjs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Ubuntu USN	USN-7439-1	QuickJS vulnerabilities

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Adjacent Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00023.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/bellard/quickjs/issues/198

History

Thu, 26 Feb 2026 13:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:quickjs_project:quickjs:-:::::::*
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Wed, 15 Oct 2025 15:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Quickjs Project Quickjs Project quickjs
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:quickjs_project:quickjs::::::::
Vendors & Products		Quickjs Project Quickjs Project quickjs

Subscriptions

Quickjs Project Quickjs

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2024-04-23T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-02T21:23:39.069Z

Reserved: 2023-11-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-48184

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T21:23:39.069Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-04-23T07:15:42.840

Modified: 2025-10-15T14:55:24.610

Link: CVE-2023-48184

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-416

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