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CVE-2023-31920: 
Homebrew vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

Jerryscript 3.0 (commit 05dbbd1) was discovered to contain an Assertion Failure vulnerability in the vm_loop component located at jerry-core/vm/vm.c. The vulnerability was disclosed on May 12, 2023 (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability is an Assertion Failure that occurs in the vmloop function within the jerry-core/vm/vm.c file. Specifically, the assertion 'ecmafindnamedproperty (funcobjp, ecmagetmagicstring (LITMAGICSTRINGNAME)) == NULL' fails at line 2173. The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 5.5 MEDIUM (NVD).

Impact

When successfully exploited, this vulnerability can lead to a denial of service condition through an assertion failure in the JerryScript engine. The impact is limited to availability as it requires local access and user interaction (AttackerKB).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability affects JerryScript version 3.0, specifically commit 05dbbd1. Users should update to a patched version when available (GitHub Issue).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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