NULL Pointer Dereference in Binaryen 1.38.32: Denial-of-Service Vulnerability

NULL Pointer Dereference in Binaryen 1.38.32: Denial-of-Service Vulnerability

CVE-2019-15759 · MEDIUM Severity

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

An issue was discovered in Binaryen 1.38.32. Two visitors in ir/ExpressionManipulator.cpp can lead to a NULL pointer dereference in wasm::LocalSet::finalize in wasm/wasm.cpp. A crafted input can cause segmentation faults, leading to denial-of-service, as demonstrated by wasm2js.

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