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SCA: security update for hermes-engine (GHSA-x4cf-6jr3-3qvp)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 420281

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - An out-of-bounds read in the JavaScript Interpreter in Facebook Hermes prior to commit
 8cb935cd3b2321c46aa6b7ed8454d95c75a7fca0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service attack or possible
 further memory corruption 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. (CVE-2020-1915)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-x4cf-6jr3-3qvp

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 420281

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-1915

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/24/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/26/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-1915

cwe: CWE-125