CVE-2022-28990
Buffer overflow in wasm3
WASM3 v0.5.0 was discovered to contain a heap overflow via the component /wabt/bin/poc.wasm.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
WASM3 v0.5.0 was discovered to contain a heap overflow via the component /wabt/bin/poc.wasm.
- Record
CVE-2022-28990- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.6 Medium
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-787
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
WASM3 v0.5.0 was discovered to contain a heap overflow via the component /wabt/bin/poc.wasm.
- Record
CVE-2022-28990- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-0226 No score
WASM3 v0.5.0 was discovered to contain a heap overflow via the component /wabt/bin/poc.wasm.
- Record
EUVD-2022-0226- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-77fq-4xf5-hph4
Buffer overflow in wasm3
WASM3 v0.5.0 was discovered to contain a heap overflow via the component /wabt/bin/poc.wasm.
- Record
GHSA-77fq-4xf5-hph4- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-787
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-77fq-4xf5-hph4
Buffer overflow in wasm3
WASM3 v0.5.0 was discovered to contain a heap overflow via the component /wabt/bin/poc.wasm.
- Record
GHSA-77fq-4xf5-hph4- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-787
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVPYSEC-2022-43154
WASM3 v0.5.0 was discovered to contain a heap overflow via the component /wabt/bin/poc.wasm.
- Record
PYSEC-2022-43154- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV No score
WASM3 v0.5.0 was discovered to contain a heap overflow via the component /wabt/bin/poc.wasm.
- Record
CVE-2022-28990- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-28990 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Wasm3 Project Wasm3, published May 20, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.40%, the 34th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
github.com/wasm3/wasm3/issues/323
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-28990