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CVE-2023-38961

Buffer Overflwo vulnerability in JerryScript Project jerryscript v.3.0.0 allows a remote attacker...

9.8 Critical

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

1.46%Up 1.4 points since Aug 22, 2023
90%50%10%1%

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 CriticalCVSS: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 CriticalCVSS: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 CriticalCVSS: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

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
iotjs
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
1.0-1
None known
iotjs
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
1.0+715-1ubuntu2
None known

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE 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.

References

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