CVE-2025-64345
Publication date 13 November 2025
Last updated 13 November 2025
Ubuntu priority
Cvss 3 Severity Score
Description
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.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| rust-wasmtime | 25.10 questing |
Needs evaluation
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| 25.04 plucky |
Needs evaluation
|
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| 24.04 LTS noble |
Needs evaluation
|
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| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score |
|
| Attack vector | Local |
| Attack complexity | High |
| Privileges required | High |
| User interaction | Required |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity impact | Low |
| Availability impact | None |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
References
Other references
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-64345
- https://docs.rs/wasmtime/latest/wasmtime/struct.Memory.html#method.new
- https://docs.rs/wasmtime/latest/wasmtime/struct.SharedMemory.html#method.new
- https://docs.wasmtime.dev/stability-release.html
- https://github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime/commit/9ebb6934f00d58b92fb68ed0e0b16c0ae828ca10
- https://github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime/releases/tag/v38.0.4
- https://github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime/security/advisories/GHSA-hc7m-r6v8-hg9q