Ladybird - Web-Reachable Code Execution via Dangling FunctionType Reference in WebAssembly ESM Integration
41Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. It has a public proof of concept.
ssvc Attendcvss 8.9epss 0.5%
exploitation probability
0.5%top 55% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
1 public exploit(s)
Ladybird before commit 2f9dc7e contains a dangling-reference memory-safety flaw in its WebAssembly ESM-integration module loader. When a JavaScript function is imported into a WebAssembly module via the ESM path, WebAssemblyModule.cpp passes a stack-local Wasm::FunctionType by reference to create_host_function, whose host callback captures and later reads that reference; once the ESM link-loop iteration ends the FunctionType is destroyed, leaving the callback with a dangling reference (the normal instantiate path uses a long-lived reference and is not affected). Stale result-type data lets the host callback return an empty result vector for a statically non-empty result, so the destination register retains an attacker-influenced value that is then consumed by the WASM-GC array.set handler, which bit-casts the reference low bits to an ArrayInstance pointer after only a null check, yielding an arbitrary write. A web page can chain this into code execution in the WebContent process. Verified reachable from HTML content without any instrumentation or source modification.
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
Affected products
LadybirdBrowser · Ladybirdpublic PoCs found — 1
cve_referencegithub.com/bikini/exploitarium/tree/main/ladybird-wasm-esm-host-function-rce-pocunverified⚠ Public resources, to assess the exposure of systems you control or are authorized to test. Test only with authorization.
References
https://github.com/bikini/exploitarium/tree/main/ladybird-wasm-esm-host-function-rce-pochttps://github.com/LadybirdBrowser/ladybird/commit/2f9dc7e9f35eed67dde3f9e8567d390dc4f0c665https://github.com/LadybirdBrowser/ladybird/issues/11569https://github.com/LadybirdBrowser/ladybird/pull/11606https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ladybird-web-reachable-code-execution-via-dangling-functiontype-reference-in-webassembly-esm-integration