Security advisory

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  "id": "fe85478b96dcc3019a843af72b43641b3d71b7bcfe641f2b458314c44c7c5909",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-38961",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2023-38961",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2023-38961",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "unknown",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2023-38961",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2023-38961"
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/jerryscript-project/jerryscript",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "50200152feb724a74a5f64e44d7885151537cfad"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "50200152feb724a74a5f64e44d7885151537cfad"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:jerryscript:jerryscript:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "3.0.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "3.0.0"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "3.0.0",
            "v3.0.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-38961.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:49.813787391Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/38xxx/CVE-2023-38961.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38961",
        "https://github.com/jerryscript-project/jerryscript/issues/5092"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cna_assigner": "mitre",
        "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/38xxx/CVE-2023-38961.json"
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2023-38961",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": null
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 518247,
  "published_at": "2023-08-21T00:00:00+00:00"
}