WAVM up to 2018-07-26 WebAssembly Virtual Machine input validation
CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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A vulnerability has been found in WAVM up to 2018-07-26 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component WebAssembly Virtual Machine. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does
not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the
properties that are required to process the data safely and
correctly. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:
In WAVM through 2018-07-26, a crafted file sent to the WebAssembly Virtual Machine may cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact because a certain new_allocator allocate call fails.
The bug was discovered 07/26/2018. The weakness was released 09/10/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared at github.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-16770 since 09/09/2018. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 46 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-123780, VDB-123779, VDB-123778 and VDB-123777.
Product
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Version
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.5
VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.3
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NVD Base Score: 8.8
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CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Input validationCWE: CWE-20
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Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
07/26/2018 🔍09/09/2018 🔍
09/10/2018 🔍
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Sources
Advisory: 100Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2018-16770 (🔍)
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Entry
Created: 09/10/2018 07:35 AMUpdated: 05/07/2023 05:06 PM
Changes: 09/10/2018 07:35 AM (56), 03/22/2020 08:28 AM (1), 05/07/2023 05:06 PM (3)
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