CVE-2025-6274
wabt: WebAssembly wabt excess resource consumption
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · June 20, 2025
Updated · September 23, 2026
Description
A denial-of-service vulnerability has been identified in WebAssembly's WebAssembly Binary Toolkit (wabt), specifically within the OnDataCount function. This flaw allows an attacker with local access to trigger runaway resource consumption (for example, excessive memory or CPU usage) by manipulating input provided to this function. This uncontrolled resource use can lead to the host operating system terminating the affected process, resulting in a denial of service.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 3.3CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CWE-770 · Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling