CVE-2025-66627: Critical Use-After-Free in Wasmi's Linear Memory

December 8, 2025 (updated December 9, 2025)

A use-after-free vulnerability has been discovered in the linear memory implementation of Wasmi. This issue can be triggered by a WebAssembly module under certain memory growth conditions, potentially leading to memory corruption, information disclosure, or code execution.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-g4v2-cjqp-rfmq
github.com/wasmi-labs/wasmi
github.com/wasmi-labs/wasmi/commit/0e6f0d2a8325602c58d6a53ce1c0e6045eb6a490
github.com/wasmi-labs/wasmi/security/advisories/GHSA-g4v2-cjqp-rfmq
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-66627

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