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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2019-7701

A heap-based buffer over-read was discovered in wasm::SExpressionParser::skipWhitespace() in wasm-s-parser.cpp in Binaryen 1.38.22. A crafted wasm input can cause a segmentation fault, leading to denial-of-service, as demonstrated by wasm2js.

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CVE-2019-7701

core-osv · Original source

Published 10 Feb 2019, 22:29 UTC

A heap-based buffer over-read was discovered in wasm::SExpressionParser::skipWhitespace() in wasm-s-parser.cpp in Binaryen 1.38.22. A crafted wasm input can cause a segmentation fault, leading to denial-of-service, as demonstrated by wasm2js.

osv:CVE-2019-7701
Complete source record
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