CVE-2020-1896

Critical

Description

A stack overflow vulnerability in Facebook Hermes 'builtin apply' prior to commit 86543ac47e59c522976b5632b8bf9a2a4583c7d2 (https://github.com/facebook/hermes/commit/86543ac47e59c522976b5632b8bf9a2a4583c7d2) allows attackers to potentially execute arbitrary code via crafted JavaScript. Note that this is only exploitable if the application using Hermes permits evaluation of untrusted JavaScript. Hence, most React Native applications are not affected.

SeverityCritical
CVSS9.8
Exploit probability—
ProductFacebook Hermes
PublishedFeb 2, 2021
First seenFeb 2, 2021
Weakness typeCWE-121CWE-121

How to fix

Update
  • facebook hermes0.5.0 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
facebook hermesv < 0.5.00.5.0

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