CVE-2018-16769
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 libRuntime.so!llvm::InstructionCombiningPass::runOnFunction is mishandled.
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
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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 libRuntime.so!llvm::InstructionCombiningPass::runOnFunction is mishandled.
- Record
CVE-2018-16769- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - 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 libRuntime.so!llvm::InstructionCombiningPass::runOnFunction is mishandled.
- Record
CVE-2018-16769- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-8569 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 libRuntime.so!llvm::InstructionCombiningPass::runOnFunction is mishandled.
- Record
EUVD-2018-8569- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-97ch-4cwp-grgq
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 libRuntime.so!llvm::InstructionCombiningPass::runOnFunction is mishandled.
- Record
GHSA-97ch-4cwp-grgq- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-16769 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.