CVE-2018-16769 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in WAVM (WebAssembly Virtual Machine) through 2018-07-26, where a specially crafted WebAssembly file can crash the application due to mishandling in libRuntime.so!llvm::InstructionCombiningPass::runOnFunction. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a critical risk with network access, low attack complexity, and potential for high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, though it requires user interaction. 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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