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title: "CVE-2025-69653\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2025-69653

Publication date 6 March 2026

Last updated 16 March 2026

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**6.5 · Medium**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-69653?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

A crafted JavaScript input can trigger an internal assertion failure in
QuickJS release 2025-09-13, fixed in commit
1dbba8a88eaa40d15a8a9b70bb1a0b8fb5b552e6 (2025-12-11), in file
gc\_decref\_child in quickjs.c, when executed with the qjs interpreter using
the -m option. This leads to an abort (SIGABRT) during garbage collection
and causes a denial-of-service.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| quickjs | 26.04 LTS resolute | Needs evaluation |
| 25.10 questing | Ignored end of life, was needs-triage |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Needs evaluation |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

6.5 · Medium

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Network |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | None |
  | User interaction | Required |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | None |
  | Integrity impact | None |
  | Availability impact | High |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 6.5 · Medium |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

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

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-69653)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-69653)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2025-69653)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-69653)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-69653>
* <https://github.com/bellard/quickjs/issues/467>