Medium severity · published Jan 10, 2022
CVE-2021-46053
A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in Binaryen 103
5.5
CVSS
0.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in Binaryen 103. The program terminates with signal SIGKILL.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.8% · higher than 56% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
BI
Binaryen · Webassembly
103 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-46053
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-46053
Exploit
https://github.com/WebAssembly/binaryen/issues/4392
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