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.

The remote Fedora 42 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-3831e11232 advisory.

    Fixes CVE-2025-14956 .

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 43 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-fb3e461878 advisory.

    Fixes CVE-2025-14956 .

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - 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. (CVE-2025-14956)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
311167	Fedora 42 : binaryen (2026-3831e11232)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
311148	Fedora 43 : binaryen (2026-fb3e461878)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
279445	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-14956	Nessus	Misc.	medium

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