CVE-2023-38961
Buffer Overflwo vulnerability in JerryScript Project jerryscript v.3.0.0 allows a remote attacker...
Buffer Overflwo vulnerability in JerryScript Project jerryscript v.3.0.0 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via the scanner_is_context_needed component in js-scanner-until.c.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
9.8
Buffer Overflwo vulnerability in JerryScript Project jerryscript v.3.0.0 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via the scanner_is_context_needed component in js-scanner-until.c.
- Record
CVE-2023-38961- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-787
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Buffer Overflwo vulnerability in JerryScript Project jerryscript v.3.0.0 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via the scanner_is_context_needed component in js-scanner-until.c.
- Record
CVE-2023-38961- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-42721 No score
Buffer Overflwo vulnerability in JerryScript Project jerryscript v.3.0.0 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via the scanner_is_context_needed component in js-scanner-until.c.
- Record
EUVD-2023-42721- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-9w63-m7q9-mjhm
9.8
Buffer Overflwo vulnerability in JerryScript Project jerryscript v.3.0.0 allows a remote attacker...
Buffer Overflwo vulnerability in JerryScript Project jerryscript v.3.0.0 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via the scanner_is_context_needed component in js-scanner-until.c.
- Record
GHSA-9w63-m7q9-mjhm- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-787
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2023-38961
9.8
Buffer Overflwo vulnerability in JerryScript Project jerryscript v.3.0.0 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via the scanner_is_context_needed component in js-scanner-until.c.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2023-38961- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV No score
Buffer Overflwo vulnerability in JerryScript Project jerryscript v.3.0.0 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via the scanner_is_context_needed component in js-scanner-until.c.
- Record
CVE-2023-38961- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-38961 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Jerryscript, published August 21, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.46%, the 73rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.