CVE-2022-43283 Denial of service in n/a
An attacker can cause a denial of service in wasm2c by triggering an abort in the CWriter component.
- 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-2022-43283?
CVE-2022-43283 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 28 Oct 2022. 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
wasm2c v1.0.29 was discovered to contain an abort in CWriter::Write.
Weakness: CWE-434
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-43283?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Webassembly Wabt.
How do I fix CVE-2022-43283?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2022-43283 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-43283 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-43283, GHSA-835w-28hj-65xx, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-43283.