Use After Free Affecting binaryen package, versions <64-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.13% (50th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-BINARYEN-336888
  • published10 Feb 2019
  • disclosed10 Feb 2019

Introduced: 10 Feb 2019

CVE-2019-7703  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable binaryen to version 64-1 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:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

In Binaryen 1.38.22, there is a use-after-free problem in wasm::WasmBinaryBuilder::visitCall in wasm-binary.cpp. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service via a wasm file, as demonstrated by wasm-merge.

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