Facebook Hermes BigInt Conversion out-of-bounds write

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Facebook Hermes. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component BigInt Conversion. Executing a manipulation can lead to out-of-bounds write. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-23556. There is no exploit available. Applying a patch is advised to resolve this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Facebook Hermes (Social Network Software) (affected version unknown). This vulnerability affects an unknown functionality of the component BigInt Conversion. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds write vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-787. The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

An error in BigInt conversion to Number in Hermes prior to commit a6dcafe6ded8e61658b40f5699878cd19a481f80 could have been used by a malicious attacker to execute arbitrary code due to an out-of-bound write. Note that this bug is only exploitable in cases where Hermes is used to execute untrusted JavaScript. Hence, most React Native applications are not affected.

The weakness was shared 05/19/2023. The advisory is shared for download at facebook.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2023-23556 since 01/12/2023. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Applying the patch a6dcafe6ded8e61658b40f5699878cd19a481f80 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.1
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.0

VulDB Base Score: 4.6
VulDB Temp Score: 4.4
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Class: Out-of-bounds write
CWE: CWE-787 / CWE-119
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Physical: No
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Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Patch: a6dcafe6ded8e61658b40f5699878cd19a481f80

Timelineinfo

01/12/2023 🔍
05/19/2023 +126 days 🔍
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01/31/2025 +623 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: a6dcafe6ded8e61658b40f5699878cd19a481f80
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-23556 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-23556
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-229384

Entryinfo

Created: 05/19/2023 07:01
Updated: 01/31/2025 16:44
Changes: 05/19/2023 07:01 (41), 06/14/2023 07:49 (1), 06/14/2023 07:56 (11), 01/31/2025 16:44 (26)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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