Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 16, 2025· Updated Oct 16, 2025
Use-after-free in js_std_promise_rejection_check in QuickJS
CVE-2025-62491
Description
A Use-After-Free (UAF) vulnerability exists in the QuickJS engine's standard library when iterating over the global list of unhandled rejected promises (ts->rejected_promise_list).
- The function js_std_promise_rejection_check attempts to iterate over the rejected_promise_list to report unhandled rejections using a standard list loop.
- The reason for a promise rejection is processed inside the loop, including calling js_std_dump_error1(ctx, rp->reason).
- If the promise rejection reason is an Error object that defines a custom property getter (e.g., via Object.defineProperty), this getter is executed during the error dumping process.
- The malicious custom getter can execute JavaScript code that calls catch() on the same rejected promise being processed.
- Calling catch() internally triggers js_std_promise_rejection_tracker, which then removes and frees the current promise entry (JSRejectedPromiseEntry) from the rejected_promise_list.
- Since the list iteration continues using the now-freed memory pointer (el), the subsequent loop access results in a Use-After-Free condition.
Affected products
2- QuickJS/QuickJSv5Range: 2025-04-26
Patches
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