{"cve":"CVE-2018-17293","nvd":{"published":"2018-09-21T07:29:00.457","modified":"2026-06-17T01:45:37.660","status":"Modified","description":"An issue was discovered in WAVM before 2018-09-16. The run function in Programs/wavm/wavm.cpp does not check whether there is Emscripten memory to store the command-line arguments passed by the input WebAssembly file's main function, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash by NULL pointer dereference) or possibly have unspecified other impact by crafting certain WebAssembly files.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.0","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":8.8},"cwes":["CWE-476"],"references":["https://github.com/WAVM/WAVM/commit/31d670b6489e6d708c3b04b911cdf14ac43d846d","https://github.com/WAVM/WAVM/issues/110#issuecomment-421764693","https://github.com/WAVM/WAVM/commit/31d670b6489e6d708c3b04b911cdf14ac43d846d","https://github.com/WAVM/WAVM/issues/110#issuecomment-421764693"],"products":["webassembly_virtual_machine_project:webassembly_virtual_machine"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:53:14.491561039+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2018-17293","score":0.01623,"percentile":0.7611,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}