vulnerability / NVI-00009190 / Revision 1
Wasmtime: Cranelift backend on aarch64 can jump to incorrect target on large Wasm `br_table` instruction
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01 / Meaning
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02 / Applicability
The affected context
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wasmtime
source listed< 36.0.19
## Summary When running with the Cranelift compiler backend on an aarch64 target, Wasmtime can compile a Wasm module with more than ~256k targets on one `br_table` instruction in a way that results in an incorrect conditional branch target. This conditional branch could then jump to arbitrary other code (at an user-controlled offset), leading to arbitrary sandbox escapes. ## Impact Any Wasmtime engine running on aarch64 with default settings can be forced to jump to arbitrary code by a user-controlled Wasm module. All versions of Wasmtime/Cranelift that support aarch64, since the initial release of that support in 2020 (before Wasmtime v1.0), are affected. ## Patches Wasmtime v36.0.19, v48.0.7, and v49.0.4 have been released which all fix this issue.
wasmtime
source listed>= 37.0.0, < 48.0.7
## Summary When running with the Cranelift compiler backend on an aarch64 target, Wasmtime can compile a Wasm module with more than ~256k targets on one `br_table` instruction in a way that results in an incorrect conditional branch target. This conditional branch could then jump to arbitrary other code (at an user-controlled offset), leading to arbitrary sandbox escapes. ## Impact Any Wasmtime engine running on aarch64 with default settings can be forced to jump to arbitrary code by a user-controlled Wasm module. All versions of Wasmtime/Cranelift that support aarch64, since the initial release of that support in 2020 (before Wasmtime v1.0), are affected. ## Patches Wasmtime v36.0.19, v48.0.7, and v49.0.4 have been released which all fix this issue.
wasmtime
source listed>= 49.0.0, < 49.0.4
## Summary When running with the Cranelift compiler backend on an aarch64 target, Wasmtime can compile a Wasm module with more than ~256k targets on one `br_table` instruction in a way that results in an incorrect conditional branch target. This conditional branch could then jump to arbitrary other code (at an user-controlled offset), leading to arbitrary sandbox escapes. ## Impact Any Wasmtime engine running on aarch64 with default settings can be forced to jump to arbitrary code by a user-controlled Wasm module. All versions of Wasmtime/Cranelift that support aarch64, since the initial release of that support in 2020 (before Wasmtime v1.0), are affected. ## Patches Wasmtime v36.0.19, v48.0.7, and v49.0.4 have been released which all fix this issue.
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