Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting org.mozilla:rhino package, versions [,1.7.14.1)[1.7.15,1.7.15.1)[1.8.0,1.8.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGMOZILLA-14176042
  • published4 Dec 2025
  • disclosed3 Dec 2025
  • creditTechPizza

Introduced: 3 Dec 2025

NewCVE-2025-66453  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-770  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade org.mozilla:rhino to version 1.7.14.1, 1.7.15.1, 1.8.1 or higher.

Overview

org.mozilla:rhino is a Rhino is an open-source implementation of JavaScript written entirely in Java. It is typically embedded into Java applications to provide scripting to end users.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling via the toFixed function. An attacker can cause excessive CPU consumption and disrupt service availability by passing specially crafted floating-point numbers.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1