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CVE-2020-36317

HIGH

7.5

Description

In the standard library in Rust before 1.49.0, String::retain() function has a panic safety problem. It allows creation of a non-UTF-8 Rust string when the provided closure panics. This bug could result in a memory safety violation when other string APIs assume that UTF-8 encoding is used on the same string.

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-787

References

https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/78498(cve@mitre.org)

https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/78499(cve@mitre.org)

https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/78498(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/78499(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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