Vulnerability · Published Jan 7, 2022 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2021-46055
Medium 5.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the binaryen package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.7% (higher than 54% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.7%top 45.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in Binaryen 104 due to an assertion abort in wasm::WasmBinaryBuilder::visitRethrow(wasm::Rethrow*).
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | binaryen | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-46055 |
| Debian:13 | binaryen | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-46055 |
| Debian:14 | binaryen | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-46055 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | binaryen | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-46055 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | binaryen | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-46055 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | binaryen | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-46055 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | binaryen | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-46055 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | binaryen | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-46055 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://github.com/WebAssembly/binaryen/issues/4413 x_refsource_MISC