CVE-2023-31916 Denial of service in n/a
An attacker can cause a denial of service in Jerryscript via an assertion failure in the memory heap finalization process.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-31916?
CVE-2023-31916 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Jerryscript Jerryscript, published on 12 May 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Jerryscript 3.0 (commit 1a2c047) was discovered to contain an Assertion Failure via the jmem_heap_finalize at jerry-core/jmem/jmem-heap.c.
Weakness: CWE-617
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-31916?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Jerryscript Jerryscript.
How do I fix CVE-2023-31916?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-31916 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2023-31916 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-31916 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in Jerryscript Jerryscript
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mwx4-8h44-r62m, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-31916.