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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2022-43283
CVE-2022-43283:
NixOS vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
wasm2c v1.0.29 was discovered to contain an abort vulnerability in CWriter::Write functionality. The vulnerability was disclosed on October 28, 2022, and affects the WebAssembly Binary Toolkit (wabt) software package (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.5 (Medium), with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H. The vulnerability requires local access and user interaction, but no privileges. It primarily impacts system availability with no effect on confidentiality or integrity (NVD).
Impact
The vulnerability affects system availability by causing an abort in the CWriter::Write functionality of wasm2c. When exploited, it can lead to a denial of service condition through program termination (Debian Tracker).
Mitigation and workarounds
The vulnerability has been fixed in subsequent versions of the software. Debian has addressed this in version 1.0.32-1 for bookworm and version 1.0.36+dfsg+~cs1.0.36-2 for sid and trixie releases (Debian Tracker).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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