CVE-2024-34250VulnerabilityPublished 6 May 2024Updated 2 Aug 2024

CVE-2024-34250: wasm-micro-runtime · n/a

Affects wasm-micro-runtimeSource CVE Database V5

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 6.2 Medium.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 06:26 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score

6.2Medium

How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 26% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector: Local
Attack Complexity: Low
Privileges Required: None
User Interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality: None
Integrity: None
Availability: High

Bold values are the worst case: easiest to exploit or largest impact.

Attack Vector: Local: The vulnerable component is not bound to the network stack and the attacker’s path is via read/write/execute capabilities. Either: the attacker exploits the vulnerability by accessing the target system locally (e.g., keyboard, console), or remotely (e.g., SSH); or the attacker relies on User Interaction by another person to perform actions required to exploit the vulnerability (e.g., tricking a legitimate user into opening a malicious document).
Attack Complexity: Low: Specialized access conditions or extenuating circumstances do not exist. An attacker can expect repeatable success against the vulnerable component.
Privileges Required: None: The attacker is unauthorized prior to attack, and therefore does not require any access to settings or files to carry out an attack.
User Interaction: None: The vulnerable system can be exploited without any interaction from any user.
Scope: Unchanged: An exploited vulnerability can only affect resources managed by the same security authority. In this case, the vulnerable component and the impacted component are either the same, or both are managed by the same security authority.
Confidentiality: None: There is no loss of confidentiality within the impacted component.
Integrity: None: There is no loss of integrity within the impacted component.
Availability: High: There is total loss of availability, resulting in the attacker being able to fully deny access to resources in the impacted component; this loss is either sustained (while the attacker continues to deliver the attack) or persistent (the condition persists even after the attack has completed). Alternatively, the attacker has the ability to deny some availability, but the loss of availability presents a direct, serious consequence to the impacted component (e.g., the attacker cannot disrupt existing connections, but can prevent new connections; the attacker can repeatedly exploit a vulnerability that, in each instance of a successful attack, leaks a only small amount of memory, but after repeated exploitation causes a service to become completely unavailable).

Definitions: FIRST CVSS v3.1 specification.

Exploitation evidence

Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 6 May 2024
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2026-10-26.

Disclosed: The CVE record is public on cve.org. Its publication is t = 0.
Detectable: A public nuclei template can find exposed instances, for defenders and attackers alike.
Weaponised: Public exploit code exists in Metasploit or Exploit-DB, or CISA SSVC reports a public proof of concept.
Exploited in the wild: CISA KEV lists it, CISA SSVC rates exploitation active, or a source reports attacks.
Observed by OffSeq Mirage: OffSeq Mirage honeypot sensors recorded attack traffic for this CVE, or found exposed hosts without attack traffic.

Moments are spaced evenly, not to scale; a dashed line marks a gap of six months or more. Deltas count from t = 0. Sources that give only a date (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, or a time of exactly 00:00Z) read “same day” rather than hours. Metasploit modules carry the flaw’s disclosure date, not their release date, and nuclei templates carry no date, so both appear above but not on the timeline.

What to do

Affected software

Product	Affected	Fixed in
GitHubbytecodealliance/wasm-micro-runtime`pkg:github/bytecodealliance/wasm-micro-runtime`Other threats	Affected =2.0.0	Fixed in–

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AI-suggested

To mitigate CVE-2024-34250, organizations should implement the following measures: 1) Monitor Bytecode Alliance announcements and apply security patches promptly once released. 2) Restrict the execution of untrusted or unauthenticated Wasm modules within the runtime environment to reduce exposure. 3) Employ input validation and sandboxing techniques to limit the impact of malformed Wasm bytecode. 4) Use runtime monitoring and anomaly detection to identify crashes or unusual behavior indicative of exploitation attempts. 5) Where possible, isolate Wasm workloads in separate containers or virtual machines to contain potential denial of service effects. 6) Review and harden deployment configurations to minimize local access vectors that could supply malicious Wasm modules. 7) Engage in threat hunting for any signs of exploitation attempts in environments using wasm-micro-runtime. These steps go beyond generic advice by focusing on controlling the source and execution context of Wasm modules and preparing for rapid patch deployment.

Description

A heap buffer overflow vulnerability was discovered in Bytecode Alliance wasm-micro-runtime v2.0.0 which allows a remote attacker to cause at least a denial of service via the "wasm_loader_check_br" function in core/iwasm/interpreter/wasm_loader.c.

Impact

The primary impact of CVE-2024-34250 is a denial of service condition caused by a heap buffer overflow in the wasm-micro-runtime. For organizations relying on this runtime to execute WebAssembly modules, especially in cloud-native, edge computing, or embedded environments, exploitation could lead to service interruptions or crashes. This may affect availability of critical applications or services that depend on Wasm workloads. Although the vulnerability does not allow for code execution, data leakage, or privilege escalation, the disruption of service can have cascading effects on business operations, particularly in high-availability or real-time systems. The requirement for local access to supply malicious Wasm code somewhat limits the attack surface, but environments that accept untrusted or user-supplied Wasm modules are at higher risk. The absence of known exploits reduces immediate threat but does not eliminate future risk, especially as attackers often develop exploits post-disclosure. Organizations with automated or large-scale Wasm deployments may face increased exposure.

CWE-122Heap-based Buffer Overflow (opens in a new tab)
Variant weaknessLikelihood of exploit: HighCWE Top 25 (2025): #16
A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc().
Pre-design: Use a language or compiler that performs automatic bounds checking.
Architecture and Design
Use an abstraction library to abstract away risky APIs. Not a complete solution.
Operation · Build and Compilation · Environment Hardening
Use automatic buffer overflow detection mechanisms that are offered by certain compilers or compiler extensions. Examples include: the Microsoft Visual Studio /GS flag, Fedora/Red Hat FORTIFY_SOURCE GCC flag, StackGuard, and ProPolice, which provide various mechanisms including canary-based detection and range/index…
OWASP Cheat Sheets
XML Security (opens in a new tab)
Mass Assignment (opens in a new tab)
OWASP ASVS 4.0.3
V13.3.1 (opens in a new tab)
V5.1.4 (opens in a new tab)
V5.1.3 (opens in a new tab)
Attack patterns
Forced Integer Overflow (opens in a new tab)
From MITRE CWE, MITRE CAPEC and OWASP (Top 10, OpenCRE).

References

github.com/bytecodealliance/wasm-micro-runtime/issues/3346 (opens in a new tab)

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Description

AI analysisMachine-generated, updated 26 Feb 2026, 04:41 UTC

WeaknessesCWE-122

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