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.
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| Description | 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. | |
| Title | Wasmtime panics when transcoding misaligned utf-16 strings | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-129 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published: 2026-04-09T18:32:56.456Z
Updated: 2026-04-09T19:36:13.614Z
Reserved: 2026-03-31T17:27:08.660Z
Link: CVE-2026-34942
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-04-09T19:16:23.857
Modified: 2026-04-09T19:16:23.857
Link: CVE-2026-34942
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