# CVE-2025-62490: Use-after-free in js\_print\_object in QuickJS

- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:H/SI:H/SA:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2025-09-13
- Published: 2025-10-16 · Updated: 2025-10-16

## Affected

- js\_print\_object: from 2025-04-26, fixed in 2025-09-13

## Description

In quickjs, in js_print_object, when printing an array, the function first fetches the array length and then loops over it. The issue is, printing a value is not side-effect free. An attacker-defined callback could run during js_print_value, during which the array could get resized and len1 become out of bounds. This results in a use-after-free.A second instance occurs in the same function during printing of a map or set objects. The code iterates over ms->records list, but once again, elements could be removed from the list during js_print_value call.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on js\_print\_object, upgrade to a fixed version (2025-09-13) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://bellard.org/quickjs/Changelog
- https://issuetracker.google.com/434196651

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