# CVE-2023-24832: A null pointer dereference bug in Hermes prior to commit 5cae9f72975cf0e5a62b27fdd8b01f103e198708 could have been used by an attacker to cra

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-05-18 · Updated: 2025-01-21

## Affected

- Facebook Hermes: version range not reported

## Description

A null pointer dereference bug in Hermes prior to commit 5cae9f72975cf0e5a62b27fdd8b01f103e198708 could have been used by an attacker to crash an Hermes runtime where the EnableHermesInternal config option was set to true. Note that this is only exploitable in cases where Hermes is used to execute untrusted JavaScript. Hence, most React Native applications are not affected.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Facebook Hermes, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://www.facebook.com/security/advisories/cve-2023-24832
- https://github.com/facebook/hermes/commit/5cae9f72975cf0e5a62b27fdd8b01f103e198708

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