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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-18382

Heap-buffer-overflow in /src/wasm/wasm-binary.cpp in wasm::WasmBinaryBuilder::visitBlock(wasm::Block*) in Binaryen 1.38.26. A crafted wasm input can cause a segmentation fault, leading to denial-of-service, as demonstrated by wasm-opt.

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31 Oct 2026, 10:55 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2020-18382

core-osv · Original source

Published 22 Aug 2023, 19:15 UTC

Heap-buffer-overflow in /src/wasm/wasm-binary.cpp in wasm::WasmBinaryBuilder::visitBlock(wasm::Block*) in Binaryen 1.38.26. A crafted wasm input can cause a segmentation fault, leading to denial-of-service, as demonstrated by wasm-opt.

osv:CVE-2020-18382
Complete source record
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