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TI-2025-13642 Aliases CVE-2025-14957GHSA-3h23-rfwm-gcx3

WebAssembly Binaryen IRBuilder wasm-ir-builder.cpp makeLocalTee null pointer dereference

Priority LOW 21CWE-404Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
None
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · Low
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-404.

Summary

A vulnerability was identified in WebAssembly Binaryen up to 125. This affects the function IRBuilder::makeLocalGet/IRBuilder::makeLocalSet/IRBuilder::makeLocalTee of the file src/wasm/wasm-ir-builder.cpp of the component IRBuilder. Such manipulation of the argument Index leads to null pointer dereference. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. The name of the patch is 6fb2b917a79578ab44cf3b900a6da4c27251e0d4. Applying a patch is advised to resolve this issue.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00213 11th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by NVD and the CNA
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
WebAssemblyBinaryen125—No fix listedCNA
  • Binaryen VendorWebAssembly Affected 125 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:webassembly:binaryen:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 125VulnerableWebAssembly
  • cpe:2.3:a:webassembly:binaryen:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 125 Vulnerable ·WebAssembly

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-14957
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3h23-rfwm-gcx3

References

  • TI-2020-13374 Heap-buffer-overflow in /src/wasm/wasm-binary.cpp in… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
  • TI-2020-13373 A NULL pointer dereference was discovered in SExpressionWasmBuilder::makeBlock in… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
  • TI-2026-07277 WebAssembly Binaryen BrOn wasm-ir-builder.cpp makeBrOn assertion CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 4.8
  • TI-2021-20472 A Denial of Service vulnerability exits in Binaryen 103 due to an assertion abort in wasm::handle_unreachable. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2019-05428 In Binaryen 1.38.22, there is a use-after-free problem in… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
  • TI-2019-05400 An assertion failure was discovered in wasm::WasmBinaryBuilder::getType() in… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
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