CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-64345

LowCVSS 1.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.12%

2th percentile - higher than 2% of all known CVEs

Summary

In Wasmtime, a WebAssembly runtime, versions prior to 38.0.4, 37.0.3, 36.0.3, and 24.0.5 contain an unsound interaction in the Rust embedder API. A WebAssembly shared linear memory could be viewed as a type providing safe host access to its contents, leading to a data race in the host when modified in parallel.

Risk Assessment

A data race in the host application using Wasmtime may occur, risking instability or potential memory safety issues. The risk affects embedders that create shared memories via Memory::new.

Recommendation

Upgrade Wasmtime to version 24.0.5, 36.0.3, 37.0.3, or 38.0.4. If upgrading is not possible, use SharedMemory::new instead of Memory::new and disable core dumps.

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Original NVD description (English source)

Wasmtime is a runtime for WebAssembly. Prior to version 38.0.4, 37.0.3, 36.0.3, and 24.0.5, Wasmtime's Rust embedder API contains an unsound interaction where a WebAssembly shared linear memory could be viewed as a type which provides safe access to the host (Rust) to the contents of the linear memory. This is not sound for shared linear memories, which could be modified in parallel, and this could lead to a data race in the host. Patch releases have been issued for all supported versions of Wasmtime, notably: 24.0.5, 36.0.3, 37.0.3, and 38.0.4. These releases reject creation of shared memories via `Memory::new` and shared memories are now excluded from core dumps. As a workaround, eembeddings affected by this issue should use `SharedMemory::new` instead of `Memory::new` to create shared memories. Affected embeddings should also disable core dumps if they are unable to upgrade. Note that core dumps are disabled by default but the wasm threads proposal (and shared memory) is enabled by default.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS