Rhino is an open-source implementation of JavaScript written entirely in Java. Prior to 1.8.1, 1.7.15.1, and 1.7.14.1, when an application passed an attacker controlled float poing number into the toFixed() function, it might lead to high CPU consumption and a potential Denial of Service. Small numbers go through this call stack: NativeNumber.numTo > DToA.JS_dtostr > DToA.JS_dtoa > DToA.pow5mult where pow5mult attempts to raise 5 to a ridiculous power. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.8.1, 1.7.15.1, and 1.7.14.1.

It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2023-2025-1339 advisory.

    Rhino is an open-source implementation of JavaScript written entirely in Java. Prior to 1.8.1, 1.7.15.1,     and 1.7.14.1, when an application passed an attacker controlled float poing number into the toFixed()     function, it might lead to high CPU consumption and a potential Denial of Service. Small numbers go     through this call stack: NativeNumber.numTo > DToA.JS_dtostr > DToA.JS_dtoa > DToA.pow5mult where pow5mult     attempts to raise 5 to a ridiculous power. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.8.1, 1.7.15.1, and 1.7.14.1.
    (CVE-2025-66453)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:4390-1 advisory.

    Update to version 1.7.15.1.

    Security issues fixed:

    - CVE-2025-66453: high CPU consumption when processing specific numbers via the `toFixed()` function     (bsc#1254481).


Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - Rhino is an open-source implementation of JavaScript written entirely in Java. Prior to 1.8.1, 1.7.15.1,     and 1.7.14.1, when an application passed an attacker controlled float poing number into the toFixed()     function, it might lead to high CPU consumption and a potential Denial of Service. Small numbers go     through this call stack: NativeNumber.numTo > DToA.JS_dtostr > DToA.JS_dtoa > DToA.pow5mult where pow5mult     attempts to raise 5 to a ridiculous power. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.8.1, 1.7.15.1, and 1.7.14.1.
    (CVE-2025-66453)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
282409	Amazon Linux 2023 : rhino, rhino-engine, rhino-javadoc (ALAS2023-2025-1339)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	medium
278596	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : rhino (SUSE-SU-2025:4390-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
277410	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-66453	Nessus	Misc.	medium

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