CVE-2018-16765
In WAVM through 2018-07-26, a crafted file sent to the WebAssembly Virtual Machine may cause a...
CVE-2018-16765 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 70th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
- Severity
- 8.8 HighCVSS 3.0, NVD
- Exploit chance
- 1.27%EPSS, 70th percentile
- Exploitation
- None knownNot on CISA’s or ENISA’s lists
- Fixed in
- No fix listedNo source names one
Description
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 of an unspecified "heap-buffer-overflow" condition in FunctionValidationContext::else_.
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
Affected products
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 of an unspecified "heap-buffer-overflow" condition in FunctionValidationContext::else_.
- Record
CVE-2018-16765- 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 - Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE ListNo 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 of an unspecified "heap-buffer-overflow" condition in FunctionValidationContext::else_.
- Record
CVE-2018-16765- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-8565No 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 of an unspecified "heap-buffer-overflow" condition in FunctionValidationContext::else_.
- Record
EUVD-2018-8565- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-f9fr-jh3x-wr32
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 of an unspecified "heap-buffer-overflow" condition in FunctionValidationContext::else_.
- Record
GHSA-f9fr-jh3x-wr32- 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 - Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.