Medium severity6.5OSV Advisory· Published Sep 21, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-17292
CVE-2018-17292
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.
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Affected products
3- cpe:2.3:a:webassembly_virtual_machine_project:webassembly_virtual_machine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*Range: <2018-09-16
Patches
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References
2- github.com/WAVM/WAVM/commit/2de6cf70c5ef31e22ed119a25ac2daeefd3d18a1nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- github.com/WAVM/WAVM/issues/109nvdExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
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