9.8

CVE-2023-28081: facebook hermes Use After Free

CVSS: 9.8v3.1CriticalModified
Published 18-05-2023Last modified 21-01-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-28081 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) Use After Free vulnerability in facebook hermes. EPSS estimates a 0.89% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 58.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.8/10
010
Critical · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.89%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 18-05-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 21-01-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A bytecode optimization bug in Hermes prior to commit e6ed9c1a4b02dc219de1648f44cd808a56171b81 could be used to cause an use-after-free and obtain arbitrary code execution via a carefully crafted payload. Note that this is only exploitable in cases where Hermes is used to execute untrusted JavaScript. Hence, most React Native applications are not affected.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.89%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

59%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.89% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.89%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Facebook1 product
  • hermes< e6ed9c1a4b02dc219de1648f44cd808a56171b81 | na

1 vendor · 1 product

References

2 links