FKIE_CVE-2026-8257

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-05-11 02:16 - Updated: 2026-07-23 20:10
Severity
3.3 (Low) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
A vulnerability was detected in WebAssembly Binaryen up to 117. This issue affects the function IRBuilder::makeBrOn of the file src/wasm/wasm-ir-builder.cpp of the component BrOn Parser. Performing a manipulation results in reachable assertion. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploit is now public and may be used. The patch is named 1251efbc1ea471c1311d2726b2bbe061ff2a291c. It is suggested to install a patch to address this issue.
References
cna@vuldb.comhttps://github.com/HackC0der/CVE-Repos/blob/main/wasm-binaryen/Assertion_Failure_isRef_wasm_Type_getHeapType_commit_3ef8d19Exploit
cna@vuldb.comhttps://github.com/WebAssembly/binaryen/Product
cna@vuldb.comhttps://github.com/WebAssembly/binaryen/commit/1251efbc1ea471c1311d2726b2bbe061ff2a291cPatch
cna@vuldb.comhttps://github.com/WebAssembly/binaryen/issues/8633Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
cna@vuldb.comhttps://github.com/WebAssembly/binaryen/pull/8635Mitigation, Patch
cna@vuldb.comhttps://vuldb.com/submit/809552Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cna@vuldb.comhttps://vuldb.com/vuln/362554Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cna@vuldb.comhttps://vuldb.com/vuln/362554/ctiPermissions Required, VDB Entry
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
webassembly binaryen *
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