CVE-2018-17292

MEDIUM

WAVM <2018-09-16 - DoS

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An issue was discovered in WAVM before 2018-09-16. The loadModule function in Include/Inline/CLI.h lacks checking of the file length before a file magic comparison, allowing attackers to cause a Denial of Service (application crash caused by out-of-bounds read) by crafting a file that has fewer than 4 bytes.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/WAVM/WAVM/issues/109

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0029
EPSS Percentile 51.8%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-125
Status published
Products (1)
webassembly_virtual_machine_project/webassembly_virtual_machine < 2018-09-16
Published Sep 21, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026