GitHub Advisory Database15 days ago

Wasmtime: Bit-packing in Cranelift compiler causes silent overflow and miscompilation

Summary In Wasmtime prior to v43, the Cranelift compiler backend bit-packs its SSA value indices in a way that can result in silent overflow in release builds, and result in incorrect value references in the IR resulting in arbitrary miscompilation. A very large Wasm function bod

Published October 23, 2026 · 10:02 PM
Summary In Wasmtime prior to v43, the Cranelift compiler backend bit-packs its SSA value indices in a way that can result in silent overflow in release builds, and result in incorrect value references in the IR resulting in arbitrary miscompilation. A very large Wasm function bod

Source: GitHub Advisory Database

Ask AI about this articleBeta

The AI only has access to this article — it won't make up facts. Try:

AI can be wrong. Cross-check before sharing.

Supporting evidence0 items
Community check0 comments
No votes yet
0% real0% fake