High
Security advisory
JerryScript 1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (jmem_heap_alloc_block_internal heap memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted .js file, because unrecognized \ characters cause incorrect 0x00 characters in bytecode.literal data.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2017-14749
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 09:44 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
JerryScript 1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (jmem_heap_alloc_block_internal heap memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted .js file, because unrecognized \ characters cause incorrect 0x00 characters in bytecode.literal data.
osv:CVE-2017-14749
Complete source record
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"modified": "2026-10-20T10:47:44.417718957Z",
"provider": "osv",
"references": [
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"source_id": "core-osv",
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"published_at": "2017-09-26T18:29:00.233+00:00"
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