CVE-2020-14163

Description

An issue was discovered in ecma/operations/ecma-container-object.c in JerryScript 2.2.0. Operations with key/value pairs did not consider the case where garbage collection is triggered after the key operation but before the value operation, as demonstrated by improper read access to memory in ecma_gc_set_object_visited in ecma/base/ecma-gc.c.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.32%
Vendor Advisory github.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://github.com/jerryscript-project/jerryscript/issues/3804 third party advisory
https://github.com/jerryscript-project/jerryscript/commit/c2b662170245a16f46ce02eae68815c325d99821 patch vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2020-14163?
CVE-2020-14163 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2020-14163?
To fix CVE-2020-14163, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2020-14163 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2020-14163 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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