CVE-2021-45293 Null dereference in n/a

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

An attacker can cause a denial of service in Binaryen via an invalid memory address dereference in the WasmBinaryBuilder.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2021-45293?

CVE-2021-45293 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 21 Dec 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in Binaryen 103 due to an Invalid memory address dereference in wasm::WasmBinaryBuilder::visitLet.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-45293?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Webassembly Binaryen.

How do I fix CVE-2021-45293?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2021-45293 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-45293 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Fedoraproject Fedora vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2021-45293, GHSA-mcjm-q5m8-3xx2, UBUNTU-CVE-2021-45293.

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