Wasmtime: Heap OOB read in component model UTF-16 to latin1+utf16 string transcoding

Summary Wasmtime contains a vulnerability where when transcoding a UTF-16 string to the latin1+utf16 component-model encoding it would incorrectly validate the byte length of the input string when performing a bounds check. Specifically the number of code units were checked instead of the byte...

CVE-2026-34942 Wasmtime panics when transcoding misaligned utf-16 strings

Wasmtime is a runtime for WebAssembly. Prior to 24.0.7, 36.0.7, 42.0.2, and 43.0.1, Wasmtime's implementation of transcoding strings into the Component Model's utf16 or latin1+utf16 encodings improperly verified the alignment of reallocated strings. This meant that unaligned pointers could be...

PT-2026-31681

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Wasmtime versions prior to 24.0.7, 36.0.7, 42.0.2, and 43.0.1 Description Wasmtime's implementation of transcoding strings into the Component Model's utf16 or latin1+utf16 encodings did not properly verify the alignment of reallocated strings...