CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2023-31913

Reachable Assertion

Published: May 12, 2023 | Modified: May 18, 2023
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

Jerryscript 3.0 *commit 1a2c047) was discovered to contain an Assertion Failure via the component parser_parse_class at jerry-core/parser/js/js-parser-expr.c.

Weakness

The product contains an assert() or similar statement that can be triggered by an attacker, which leads to an application exit or other behavior that is more severe than necessary.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Jerryscript Jerryscript 3.0.0 (including) 3.0.0 (including)
Iotjs Ubuntu bionic *
Iotjs Ubuntu trusty *
Iotjs Ubuntu xenial *

Extended Description

While assertion is good for catching logic errors and reducing the chances of reaching more serious vulnerability conditions, it can still lead to a denial of service. For example, if a server handles multiple simultaneous connections, and an assert() occurs in one single connection that causes all other connections to be dropped, this is a reachable assertion that leads to a denial of service.

Potential Mitigations

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