CVE-2026-34942 (GCVE-0-2026-34942)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-04-09 18:32
Modified
2026-04-09 19:36
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-129 - Improper Validation of Array Index
Summary
Wasmtime is a runtime for WebAssembly. Prior to 24.0.7, 36.0.7, 42.0.2, and 43.0.1, Wasmtime's implementation of transcoding strings into the Component Model's utf16 or latin1+utf16 encodings improperly verified the alignment of reallocated strings. This meant that unaligned pointers could be passed to the host for transcoding which would trigger a host panic. This panic is possible to trigger from malicious guests which transfer very specific strings across components with specific addresses. Host panics are considered a DoS vector in Wasmtime as the panic conditions are controlled by the guest in this situation. This vulnerability is fixed in 24.0.7, 36.0.7, 42.0.2, and 43.0.1.
References
| URL | Tags | |
|---|---|---|
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| bytecodealliance | wasmtime |
Version: < 24.0.7 Version: >= 25.0.0, < 36.0.7 Version: >= 37.0.0, < 42.0.2 Version: >= 43.0.0, < 44.0.1 |
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