VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2020-1896

CVSS score9.8 CRITICAL

EPSS probability2.52%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2021-02-02

Last modified2026-06-17

CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

CWE-121: Stack-based Buffer Overflow
CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write

Primary references

cve-assign@fb.com — Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve-assign@fb.com — Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Vendor Advisory