Denial of Service Vulnerability in WAVM by Andrew Scheidecker
CVE-2018-16767

8.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Webassembly Virtual Machine Project

Status
Webassembly Virtual Machine
Vendor
CVE Published:
10 September 2018

What is CVE-2018-16767?

A vulnerability in WAVM, present until July 26, 2018, can be exploited through a specially crafted file that induces a denial of service condition. The issue, stemming from a heap-buffer-overflow in the FunctionValidationContext::popAndValidateOperand function, may lead to application crashes and potentially other undisclosed impacts. This flaw emphasizes the need for rigorous input validation and error handling to maintain application stability and security.

References

https://github.com/AndrewScheidecker/WAVM/issues/97
x_refsource_MISC

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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CVE-2018-16767 : Denial of Service Vulnerability in WAVM by Andrew Scheidecker