Denial of Service Vulnerability in WAVM by Andrew Scheidecker
CVE-2018-16770

8.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Webassembly Virtual Machine Project

Status
Webassembly Virtual Machine
Vendor
CVE Published:
10 September 2018

What is CVE-2018-16770?

A vulnerability in WAVM allows an attacker to exploit the system by sending a specially crafted file. This can lead to a Denial of Service, resulting in the application crashing. The issue arises from a failure in the new_allocator allocate call, which may also have other unspecified impacts. Users of WAVM should immediately assess their systems for this potential threat.

References

https://github.com/AndrewScheidecker/WAVM/issues/100
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-2018-16770 : Denial of Service Vulnerability in WAVM by Andrew Scheidecker