Input validation error in wabt - CVE-2023-27116
Published: August 21, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU79784
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-27116
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in CWriter::MangleType(). A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Affected software
wabt
Fedora
wabt
Fedora
wabt
How to mitigate CVE-2023-27116
Install updates from vendor's website.
wabt - update to 1.0.33
wabt - update to 1.0.33-1.fc38
wabt - update to 1.0.33-1.fc38