A weakness has been identified in WebAssembly wabt up to 1.0.39. This vulnerability affects the function wabt::AST::InsertNode of the file /src/repro/wabt/bin/wasm-decompile of the component wasm-decompile. This manipulation causes memory corruption. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. The exploit has been made available to the public and could be used for attacks. Unfortunately, the project has no active maintainer at the moment. In a reply to the issue report somebody recommended to the researcher to provide a PR himself.
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Tue, 06 Jan 2026 16:00:00 +0000

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CPEs cpe:2.3:a:webassembly:wabt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Tue, 06 Jan 2026 00:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Mon, 05 Jan 2026 10:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Webassembly
Webassembly wabt
Vendors & Products Webassembly
Webassembly wabt

Thu, 01 Jan 2026 19:45:00 +0000

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Description A weakness has been identified in WebAssembly wabt up to 1.0.39. This vulnerability affects the function wabt::AST::InsertNode of the file /src/repro/wabt/bin/wasm-decompile of the component wasm-decompile. This manipulation causes memory corruption. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. The exploit has been made available to the public and could be used for attacks. Unfortunately, the project has no active maintainer at the moment. In a reply to the issue report somebody recommended to the researcher to provide a PR himself.
Title WebAssembly wabt wasm-decompile InsertNode memory corruption
Weaknesses CWE-119
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:UR'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 4.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published:

Updated: 2026-01-05T21:04:04.609Z

Reserved: 2026-01-01T09:18:56.704Z

Link: CVE-2025-15411

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-01-05T21:03:33.265Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-01-01T20:15:40.640

Modified: 2026-01-06T15:52:38.087

Link: CVE-2025-15411

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-01-05T10:14:47Z

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