Wasmtime: Panic when allocating a table exceeding the size of the host's address space
Wasmtime is a runtime for WebAssembly. From 30.0.0 to 36.0.8, 43.0.2, and 44.0.1, Wasmtime's allocation logic for a WebAssembly table contained checked arithmetic which panicked on overflow. This overflow is possible to trigger, and thus panic, when a table with an extremely large size is allocated. This is possible with the WebAssembly memory64 proposal where tables can have sizes in the 64-bit range as opposed to the previous 32-bit range which would not overflow. The panic happens when attempting to create a very large table, such as when instantiating a WebAssembly module or component. This vulnerability is fixed in 36.0.8, 43.0.2, and 44.0.1.
Problem Types
| Type | CWE ID | Description |
|---|
| CWE | CWE-770 | CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling |
Type: CWE
Description: CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Metrics
| Version | Base score | Base severity | Vector |
|---|
| 4.0 | 5.9 | MEDIUM | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
Version: 4.0
Base score: 5.9
Base severity: MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N