Use After Free in Bytecodealliance Wasmtime

CVE-2021-39216

Wasmtime is an open source runtime for WebAssembly & WASI. In Wasmtime from version 0.19.0 and before version 0.30.0 there was a use-after-free bug when passing `externref`s from the host to guest Wasm content. To trigger the bug, you have…

Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free

EPSS: 0.002 (35.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-39216?
CVE-2021-39216 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Bytecodealliance Wasmtime, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 6.3/10. Published 2021-09-17.
How severe is CVE-2021-39216?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-39216 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.