cve-2021-39218
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-09-17 20:10
Modified
2024-08-04 01:58
Severity ?
6.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Summary
Out-of-bounds read/write and invalid free with `externref`s and GC safepoints in Wasmtime
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://crates.io/crates/wasmtimeProduct, Third Party Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime/commit/398a73f0dd862dbe703212ebae8e34036a18c11cPatch, Third Party Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime/security/advisories/GHSA-4873-36h9-wv49Third Party Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WAVBRYDDUIY2ZR3K3FO4BVYJKIMJ5TP7/
security-advisories@github.comhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Z2Z33FTXFQ6EOINVEQIP4DFBG53G5XIY/
Impacted products
bytecodealliancewasmtime
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