NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting binaryen package, versions <89-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined
EPSS
0.13% (50th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-BINARYEN-5675421
  • published29 Aug 2019
  • disclosed29 Aug 2019

Introduced: 29 Aug 2019

CVE-2019-15759  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 binaryen to version 89-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream binaryen package and not the binaryen package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:13 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in Binaryen 1.38.32. Two visitors in ir/ExpressionManipulator.cpp can lead to a NULL pointer dereference in wasm::LocalSet::finalize in wasm/wasm.cpp. A crafted input can cause segmentation faults, leading to denial-of-service, as demonstrated by wasm2js.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1