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CVE-2015-20001

HIGH

7.5

Description

In the standard library in Rust before 1.2.0, BinaryHeap is not panic-safe. The binary heap is left in an inconsistent state when the comparison of generic elements inside sift_up or sift_down_range panics. This bug leads to a drop of zeroed memory as an arbitrary type, which can result in a memory safety violation.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score7.5

SeverityHIGH

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

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published4/11/2021

Last Modified11/21/2024

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

rust-lang:rust

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-119

References

https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/25842(cve@mitre.org)

https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/25856(cve@mitre.org)

https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/25842(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/25856(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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