Security advisory

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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-17292",
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    "title": "CVE-2018-17292",
    "summary": "An issue was discovered in WAVM before 2018-09-16. The loadModule function in Include/Inline/CLI.h lacks checking of the file length before a file magic comparison, allowing attackers to cause a Denial of Service (application crash caused by out-of-bounds read) by crafting a file that has fewer than 4 bytes.",
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              "repo": "https://github.com/wavm/wavm",
              "type": "GIT",
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                {
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                    "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
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                "source": "https://github.com/wavm/wavm/commit/2de6cf70c5ef31e22ed119a25ac2daeefd3d18a1",
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                "source": "https://github.com/wavm/wavm/commit/2de6cf70c5ef31e22ed119a25ac2daeefd3d18a1",
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      "modified": "2026-10-20T13:32:05.393630159Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/WAVM/WAVM/commit/2de6cf70c5ef31e22ed119a25ac2daeefd3d18a1",
        "https://github.com/WAVM/WAVM/issues/109"
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              "cpe:2.3:a:webassembly_virtual_machine_project:webassembly_virtual_machine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
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            "vendor_product": "webassembly_virtual_machine_project:webassembly_virtual_machine",
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 387790,
  "published_at": "2018-09-21T07:29:00.287+00:00"
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