# CVE-2025-15412: WebAssembly wabt wasm-decompile VarName out-of-bounds

- Severity: CVSS 4.8 (Medium), CNA
- 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
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-01-01 · Updated: 2026-02-23

## Affected

- WebAssembly wabt: 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 1.0.4, 1.0.5, 1.0.6, 1.0.7, 1.0.8, 1.0.9, 1.0.10, 1.0.11, 1.0.12, 1.0.13, 1.0.14, 1.0.15, 1.0.16, 1.0.17, 1.0.18, 1.0.19, 1.0.20, 1.0.21, 1.0.22, 1.0.23, 1.0.24, 1.0.25, 1.0.26, 1.0.27, 1.0.28, 1.0.29, and 10 more

## Description

A security vulnerability has been detected in WebAssembly wabt up to 1.0.39. This issue affects the function wabt::Decompiler::VarName of the file /src/repro/wabt/bin/wasm-decompile of the component wasm-decompile. Such manipulation leads to out-of-bounds read. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used. 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on WebAssembly wabt, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://vuldb.com/?id.339333
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.339333
- https://vuldb.com/?submit.719826
- https://github.com/WebAssembly/wabt/issues/2678
- https://github.com/oneafter/1208/blob/main/af1
- https://github.com/WebAssembly/wabt/

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