CVE-2025-15411
WebAssembly wabt wasm-decompile InsertNode memory corruption
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 4.8 Medium
- Published
- Jan 1, 2026
- Updated
- Feb 23, 2026
- Reserved
- Jan 1, 2026
Description
A weakness has been identified in WebAssembly wabt up to 1.0.39. This vulnerability affects the function wabt::AST::InsertNode of the file /src/repro/wabt/bin/wasm-decompile of the component wasm-decompile. This manipulation causes memory corruption. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. The exploit has been made available to the public and could be used for attacks. Unfortunately, the project has no active maintainer at the moment. In a reply to the issue report somebody recommended to the researcher to provide a PR himself.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 4.8 Medium | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P | VulDB |
| 3.1 | 5.3 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R | VulDB |
| 3.0 | 5.3 Medium | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R | VulDB |
| 2.0 | 4.3 Medium | AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:UR | VulDB |
Weaknesses
- CWE-119 Memory Corruption
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
wabtWebAssembly |
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References
- VDB-339332 | WebAssembly wabt wasm-decompile InsertNode memory corruptionvdb-entrytechnical-description
- VDB-339332 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA)signaturepermissions-required
- Submit #719825 | WebAssembly wabt 1.0.39 and master-branch Heap-based Buffer Overflowthird-party-advisory
- Submit #736404 | WebAssembly wabt 1.0.39 and master-branch Use After Free (Duplicate)third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/WebAssembly/wabt/issues/2679issue-tracking
- https://github.com/oneafter/1208/blob/main/af1exploit
- https://github.com/WebAssembly/wabt/product
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