Description
Wasmtime is a runtime for WebAssembly. From 30.0.0 to 36.0.8, 43.0.2, and 44.0.1, Wasmtime's allocation logic for a WebAssembly table contained checked arithmetic which panicked on overflow. This overflow is possible to trigger, and thus panic, when a table with an extremely large size is allocated. This is possible with the WebAssembly memory64 proposal where tables can have sizes in the 64-bit range as opposed to the previous 32-bit range which would not overflow. The panic happens when attempting to create a very large table, such as when instantiating a WebAssembly module or component. This vulnerability is fixed in 36.0.8, 43.0.2, and 44.0.1.
Published: 2026-05-14
Score: 5.9 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-p8xm-42r7-89xg wasmtime has a panic when allocating a table exceeding the size of the host's address space
History

Sat, 16 May 2026 00:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-190
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Important


Fri, 15 May 2026 19:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 14 May 2026 16:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Bytecodealliance
Bytecodealliance wasmtime
Vendors & Products Bytecodealliance
Bytecodealliance wasmtime

Thu, 14 May 2026 15:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Wasmtime is a runtime for WebAssembly. From 30.0.0 to 36.0.8, 43.0.2, and 44.0.1, Wasmtime's allocation logic for a WebAssembly table contained checked arithmetic which panicked on overflow. This overflow is possible to trigger, and thus panic, when a table with an extremely large size is allocated. This is possible with the WebAssembly memory64 proposal where tables can have sizes in the 64-bit range as opposed to the previous 32-bit range which would not overflow. The panic happens when attempting to create a very large table, such as when instantiating a WebAssembly module or component. This vulnerability is fixed in 36.0.8, 43.0.2, and 44.0.1.
Title Wasmtime: Panic when allocating a table exceeding the size of the host's address space
Weaknesses CWE-770
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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Bytecodealliance Wasmtime
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-15T19:09:21.141Z

Reserved: 2026-05-05T15:13:47.572Z

Link: CVE-2026-44216

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-05-15T19:08:40.371Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Undergoing Analysis

Published: 2026-05-14T15:16:47.793

Modified: 2026-05-14T18:17:11.253

Link: CVE-2026-44216

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-05-14T14:54:32Z

Links: CVE-2026-44216 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-05-14T17:00:15Z

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