[Pkg-javascript-devel] Bug#1123745: binaryen: CVE-2025-14956

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: binaryen
Version: 120-4
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream
Forwarded: https://github.com/WebAssembly/binaryen/issues/8089
X-Debbugs-Cc: carnil at debian.org, Debian Security Team <team at security.debian.org>

Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for binaryen.

CVE-2025-14956[0]:
| A vulnerability was determined in WebAssembly Binaryen up to 125.
| Affected by this issue is the function WasmBinaryReader::readExport
| of the file src/wasm/wasm-binary.cpp. This manipulation causes heap-
| based buffer overflow. It is possible to launch the attack on the
| local host. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be
| utilized. Patch name: 4f52bff8c4075b5630422f902dd92a0af2c9f398. It
| is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.


If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-14956
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-14956
[1] https://github.com/WebAssembly/binaryen/issues/8089
[2] https://github.com/WebAssembly/binaryen/pull/8092

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore