GHSA-gx73-2498-r55c

Source

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gx73-2498-r55c

Import Source

https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2021/08/GHSA-gx73-2498-r55c/GHSA-gx73-2498-r55c.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-gx73-2498-r55c

Aliases

CVE-2019-25004
RUSTSEC-2019-0028

Published

2021-08-25T20:46:49Z

Modified

2023-11-08T04:01:32.107935Z

Severity

9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator

Summary

Unsound casting in flatbuffers

Details

The implementation of impl Follow for bool allows to reinterpret arbitrary bytes as a bool.

In Rust bool has stringent requirements for its in-memory representation. Use of this function allows to violate these requirements and invoke undefined behaviour in safe code.

Database specific

{
    "nvd_published_at": null,
    "severity": "CRITICAL",
    "github_reviewed_at": "2021-08-19T21:19:36Z",
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-704"
    ]
}

References

Affected packages

crates.io / flatbuffers

Package

Name: flatbuffers; View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl: pkg:cargo/flatbuffers

Affected ranges

Type: SEMVER
Events: Introduced

0.4.0

Fixed

0.6.1