CVE-2025-29776CWE-835

Azle calling `setTimer` causes infinite loop of timers

High · published March 14, 2025

CVSS v4.0
8.7
EPSS
0%
Percentile
30.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Azle is a WebAssembly runtime for TypeScript and JavaScript on ICP. Calling `setTimer` in Azle versions `0.27.0`, `0.28.0`, and `0.29.0` causes an immediate infinite loop of timers to be executed on the canister, each timer attempting to clean up the global state of the previous timer. The infinite loop will occur with any valid invocation of `setTimer`. The problem has been fixed as of Azle version `0.30.0`. As a workaround, if a canister is caught in this infinite loop after calling `setTimer`, the canister can be upgraded and the timers will all be cleared, thus ending the loop.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
8.7 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L
EPSS
0.00378 · 30.6th percentile
Weakness
CWE-835 · Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')
Published
2025-03-14T13:13Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 14 MAR 13:13Z
    Azle calling `setTimer` causes infinite loop of timers
    cvelistv5