QuickJS prior 2025-09-13/2025-12-11 JS_FreeRuntime denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in QuickJS. It has been rated as problematic. The affected element is the function JS_FreeRuntime. This manipulation causes denial of service. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-69654. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in QuickJS. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function JS_FreeRuntime. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

A crafted JavaScript input executed with the QuickJS release 2025-09-13, fixed in commit fcd33c1afa7b3028531f53cd1190a3877454f6b3 (2025-12-11),`qjs` interpreter using the `-m` option and a low memory limit can cause an out-of-memory condition followed by an assertion failure in JS_FreeRuntime (list_empty(&rt->gc_obj_list)) during runtime cleanup. Although the engine reports an OOM error, it subsequently aborts with SIGABRT because the GC object list is not fully released. This results in a denial of service.

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-69654 since 01/09/2026. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

Upgrading to version 2025-09-13 or 2025-12-11 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Remote: Partially

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: QuickJS 2025-09-13/2025-12-11

Timelineinfo

01/09/2026 CVE reserved
03/06/2026 +56 days Advisory disclosed
03/06/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
03/12/2026 +6 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: github.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-69654 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-69654
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-349531

Entryinfo

Created: 03/06/2026 21:21
Updated: 03/12/2026 20:26
Changes: 03/06/2026 21:21 (53), 03/12/2026 20:26 (12)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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