GHSA-G4V2-CJQP-RFMQ

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-12-08 22:15 – Updated: 2025-12-09 19:17
VLAI
Summary
Critical Use-After-Free in Wasmi's Linear Memory
Details

Summary

A use-after-free vulnerability has been discovered in the linear memory implementation of Wasmi. This issue can be triggered by a WebAssembly module under certain memory growth conditions, potentially leading to memory corruption, information disclosure, or code execution.

Impact

  • Confidentiality: High – attacker-controlled memory reads possible.
  • Integrity: High – memory corruption may allow arbitrary writes.
  • Availability: High – interpreter crashes possible.

Affected Versions

Wasmi v0.41.0 through Wasmi v1.0.0.

Workarounds

  • Upgrade to the latest patched version of Wasmi.
  • Consider limiting the maximum linear memory sizes where feasible.

Credits

This vulnerability was discovered by Robert T. Morris (RTM).

Severity
8.4 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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  "modified": "2025-12-09T19:17:35Z",
  "published": "2025-12-08T22:15:49Z",
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  "summary": "Critical Use-After-Free in Wasmi\u0027s Linear Memory"
}



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