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CVE-2021-39219Date: (C)2021-09-18   (M)2023-12-22


Wasmtime is an open source runtime for WebAssembly & WASI. Wasmtime before version 0.30.0 is affected by a type confusion vulnerability. As a Rust library the `wasmtime` crate clearly marks which functions are safe and which are `unsafe`, guaranteeing that if consumers never use `unsafe` then it should not be possible to have memory unsafety issues in their embeddings of Wasmtime. An issue was discovered in the safe API of `Linker::func_*` APIs. These APIs were previously not sound when one `Engine` was used to create the `Linker` and then a different `Engine` was used to create a `Store` and then the `Linker` was used to instantiate a module into that `Store`. Cross-`Engine` usage of functions is not supported in Wasmtime and this can result in type confusion of function pointers, resulting in being able to safely call a function with the wrong type. Triggering this bug requires using at least two `Engine` values in an embedding and then additionally using two different values with a `Linker` (one at the creation time of the `Linker` and another when instantiating a module with the `Linker`). It's expected that usage of more-than-one `Engine` in an embedding is relatively rare since an `Engine` is intended to be a globally shared resource, so the expectation is that the impact of this issue is relatively small. The fix implemented is to change this behavior to `panic!()` in Rust instead of silently allowing it. Using different `Engine` instances with a `Linker` is a programmer bug that `wasmtime` catches at runtime. This bug has been patched and users should upgrade to Wasmtime version 0.30.0. If you cannot upgrade Wasmtime and are using more than one `Engine` in your embedding it's recommended to instead use only one `Engine` for the entire program if possible. An `Engine` is designed to be a globally shared resource that is suitable to have only one for the lifetime of an entire process. If using multiple `Engine`s is required then code should be audited to ensure that `Linker` is only used with one `Engine`.

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CVSS V3 Severity:CVSS V2 Severity:
CVSS Score : 6.3CVSS Score : 3.3
Exploit Score: 1.0Exploit Score: 3.4
Impact Score: 5.2Impact Score: 4.9
 
CVSS V3 Metrics:CVSS V2 Metrics:
Attack Vector: LOCALAccess Vector: LOCAL
Attack Complexity: HIGHAccess Complexity: MEDIUM
Privileges Required: LOWAuthentication: NONE
User Interaction: NONEConfidentiality: NONE
Scope: UNCHANGEDIntegrity: PARTIAL
Confidentiality: NONEAvailability: PARTIAL
Integrity: HIGH 
Availability: HIGH 
  
Reference:
FEDORA-2021-1805eacb48
FEDORA-2021-68713440cb
https://crates.io/crates/wasmtime
https://github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime/commit/b39f087414f27ae40c44449ed5d1154e03449bff
https://github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime/security/advisories/GHSA-q879-9g95-56mx

CWE    1
CWE-843
OVAL    19
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