ubuntu-cve-2025-62495
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
An integer overflow vulnerability exists in the QuickJS regular expression engine (libregexp) due to an inconsistent representation of the bytecode buffer size. * The regular expression bytecode is stored in a DynBuf structure, which correctly uses a $\text{size}_\text{t}$ (an unsigned type, typically 64-bit) for its size member. * However, several functions, such as re_emit_op_u32 and other internal parsing routines, incorrectly cast or store this DynBuf $\text{size}_\text{t}$ value into a signed int (typically 32-bit). * When a large or complex regular expression (such as those generated by a recursive pattern in a Proof-of-Concept) causes the bytecode size to exceed $2^{31}$ bytes (the maximum positive value for a signed 32-bit integer), the size value wraps around, resulting in a negative integer when stored in the int variable (Integer Overflow). * This negative value is subsequently used in offset calculations. For example, within functions like re_parse_disjunction, the negative size is used to compute an offset (pos) for patching a jump instruction. * This negative offset is then incorrectly added to the buffer pointer (s->byte_code.buf + pos), leading to an out-of-bounds write on the first line of the snippet below: put_u32(s->byte_code.buf + pos, len);
{
"affected": [
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "libquickjs",
"binary_version": "2021.03.27-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
},
{
"binary_name": "quickjs",
"binary_version": "2021.03.27-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
}
]
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:24.04:LTS",
"name": "quickjs",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/quickjs@2021.03.27-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source\u0026distro=esm-apps/noble"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"2021.03.27-1",
"2021.03.27-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
]
},
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "libquickjs",
"binary_version": "2025.04.26-1"
},
{
"binary_name": "quickjs",
"binary_version": "2025.04.26-1"
}
]
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:25.10",
"name": "quickjs",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/quickjs@2025.04.26-1?arch=source\u0026distro=questing"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"2024.01.13-5",
"2025.04.26-1"
]
},
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "libquickjs",
"binary_version": "2025.04.26-1build1"
},
{
"binary_name": "quickjs",
"binary_version": "2025.04.26-1build1"
}
]
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:26.04:LTS",
"name": "quickjs",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/quickjs@2025.04.26-1build1?arch=source\u0026distro=resolute"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"2025.04.26-1",
"2025.04.26-1build1"
]
}
],
"aliases": [],
"details": "An integer overflow vulnerability exists in the QuickJS regular expression engine (libregexp) due to an inconsistent representation of the bytecode buffer size. * The regular expression bytecode is stored in a DynBuf structure, which correctly uses a $\\text{size}\\_\\text{t}$ (an unsigned type, typically 64-bit) for its size member. * However, several functions, such as re_emit_op_u32 and other internal parsing routines, incorrectly cast or store this DynBuf $\\text{size}\\_\\text{t}$ value into a signed int (typically 32-bit). * When a large or complex regular expression (such as those generated by a recursive pattern in a Proof-of-Concept) causes the bytecode size to exceed $2^{31}$ bytes (the maximum positive value for a signed 32-bit integer), the size value wraps around, resulting in a negative integer when stored in the int variable (Integer Overflow). * This negative value is subsequently used in offset calculations. For example, within functions like re_parse_disjunction, the negative size is used to compute an offset (pos) for patching a jump instruction. * This negative offset is then incorrectly added to the buffer pointer (s-\u003ebyte\\_code.buf + pos), leading to an out-of-bounds write on the first line of the snippet below: put_u32(s-\u003ebyte_code.buf + pos, len);",
"id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2025-62495",
"modified": "2026-05-20T15:22:57Z",
"published": "2025-10-16T16:15:00Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-62495"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-62495"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://issuetracker.google.com/434196926"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://bellard.org/quickjs/Changelog"
}
],
"related": [],
"schema_version": "1.7.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:H/SI:H/SA:L",
"type": "CVSS_V4"
},
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
],
"upstream": [
"CVE-2025-62495"
]
}
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