RUSTSEC-2020-0097

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Source

https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2020-0097

Import Source

https://github.com/rustsec/advisory-db/blob/osv/crates/RUSTSEC-2020-0097.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/RUSTSEC-2020-0097

Aliases

Published

2020-12-10T12:00:00Z

Modified

2023-11-08T04:03:41.417539Z

Severity

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

Summary

Soundness issue with base::Error

Details

base::Error type contains public field named ptr. With this definition, it is possible to create a base::Error with an invalid pointer and trigger memory safety errors such as use-after-free or double-free with safe Rust.

The users of xcb crate are advised not to manipulate the field.

Database specific

{
    "license": "CC0-1.0"
}

References

Affected packages

crates.io / xcb

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type: SEMVER
Events: Introduced

0.0.0-0

Fixed

1.0.0

Ecosystem specific

{
    "affected_functions": null,
    "affects": {
        "os": [],
        "functions": [],
        "arch": []
    }
}

Database specific

{
    "cvss": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
    "informational": "unsound",
    "categories": [
        "memory-corruption",
        "thread-safety"
    ]
}