CVE-2018-16764 is a heap-based buffer over-read vulnerability in WAVM (WebAssembly Virtual Machine) through 2018-07-26. A specially crafted file sent to the VM can lead to a denial of service (application crash) or potentially other unspecified impacts. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over a network with low attack complexity, and could result in high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2018-07-26CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:webassembly_virtual_machine_project:webassembly_virtual_machine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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