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CVE-2018-16766

In WAVM through 2018-07-26, a crafted file sent to the WebAssembly Virtual Machine may cause a...

8.8 High

In WAVM through 2018-07-26, a crafted file sent to the WebAssembly Virtual Machine may cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact because Errors::unreachable() is reached.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

1.27%Up 0.7 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 8.8

In WAVM through 2018-07-26, a crafted file sent to the WebAssembly Virtual Machine may cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact because Errors::unreachable() is reached.

Record
CVE-2018-16766
CVSS 3.0
8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
6.8 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-670
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

In WAVM through 2018-07-26, a crafted file sent to the WebAssembly Virtual Machine may cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact because Errors::unreachable() is reached.

Record
CVE-2018-16766
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-8566 No score

In WAVM through 2018-07-26, a crafted file sent to the WebAssembly Virtual Machine may cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact because Errors::unreachable() is reached.

Record
EUVD-2018-8566
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-gpcc-mw99-4pg6 8.8

In WAVM through 2018-07-26, a crafted file sent to the WebAssembly Virtual Machine may cause a...

In WAVM through 2018-07-26, a crafted file sent to the WebAssembly Virtual Machine may cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact because Errors::unreachable() is reached.

Record
GHSA-gpcc-mw99-4pg6
CVSS 3.0
8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-670
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2018-16766 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Webassembly Virtual Machine Project Virtual Machine, published September 10, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.27%, the 69th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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