CVE-2018-17293
mediumpriority · track · 36EPSS 0.016 · 76 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
An issue was discovered in WAVM before 2018-09-16. The run function in Programs/wavm/wavm.cpp does not check whether there is Emscripten memory to store the command-line arguments passed by the input WebAssembly file's main function, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash by NULL pointer dereference) or possibly have unspecified other impact by crafting certain WebAssembly files.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.8–8.8
weaknesses
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affected products (2)
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- webassembly virtual machine project webassembly virtual machine< 2018-09-16nvdUScpe:2.3:a:webassembly_virtual_machine_project:webassembly_virtual_machine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
also known as (3)
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sources
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references (6)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://github.com/WAVM/WAVM/commit/31d670b6489e6d708c3b04b911cdf14ac43d846dcnnvd
- https://github.com/WAVM/WAVM/issues/110#issuecomment-421764693cnnvd
- https://github.com/WAVM/WAVM/commit/31d670b6489e6d708c3b04b911cdf14ac43d846denisa_euvd
- https://github.com/WAVM/WAVM/issues/110#issuecomment-421764693enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/WAVM/WAVM/commit/31d670b6489e6d708c3b04b911cdf14ac43d846dPatchThird Party Advisorynvd
- https://github.com/WAVM/WAVM/issues/110#issuecomment-421764693ExploitPatchThird Party Advisorynvd
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