Denial of Service Vulnerability in WebAssembly Virtual Machine by WAVM
CVE-2018-16766

8.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Webassembly Virtual Machine Project

Status
Webassembly Virtual Machine
Vendor
CVE Published:
10 September 2018

What is CVE-2018-16766?

WAVM (WebAssembly Virtual Machine) is susceptible to a vulnerability where a specially crafted file can trigger a denial of service condition. This arises from the invocation of Errors::unreachable(), potentially leading to application crashes or unforeseen side-effects. This highlights the importance of validating input files to mitigate such risks.

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References

https://github.com/AndrewScheidecker/WAVM/issues/96
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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