CVE-2025-64345
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.
EPSS 0.12% · 1.5th percentile
Risk Scores
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| crates.io | wasmtime | 38.0.0, 26.0.0, 0 |
| bytecodealliance | wasmtime | >= 38.0.1, < 38.0.4, >= 26.0.0, < 36.0.3, * |
Timeline
- Nov 11, 2025 CVE Published
- Nov 13, 2025 EPSS Score
- Nov 13, 2025 PoC Published
- Nov 14, 2025 CVE Updated
- Nov 18, 2025 EPSS Score
- Nov 24, 2025 EPSS Score
- Nov 29, 2025 EPSS Score
- Dec 4, 2025 EPSS Score
- Dec 9, 2025 EPSS Score
- Dec 15, 2025 EPSS Score
- Dec 20, 2025 EPSS Score
- Dec 25, 2025 EPSS Score
References
- https://github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime/commit/9ebb6934f00d58b92fb68ed0e0b16c0ae828ca10 fix
- https://github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime/security/advisories/GHSA-hc7m-r6v8-hg9q url
- https://docs.rs/wasmtime/latest/wasmtime/struct.Memory.html#method.new url
- https://docs.rs/wasmtime/latest/wasmtime/struct.SharedMemory.html#method.new url
- https://docs.wasmtime.dev/stability-release.html url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-64345 advisory
- https://github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime package
- https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2025-0118.html url
- https://github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime/releases/tag/v38.0.4 fix