CVE-2018-16768 describes a heap-buffer-overflow vulnerability in WAVM (WebAssembly Virtual Machine) through 2018-07-26. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to trigger a denial of service (application crash) or potentially other unspecified impacts by sending a specially crafted file. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of 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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