high8.2
CVE-2020-36323
In the standard library in Rust before 1.52.0, there is an optimization for joining strings that can cause uninitialized bytes to be exposed (or the program to…
Impact
In the standard library in Rust before 1.52.0, there is an optimization for joining strings that can cause uninitialized bytes to be exposed (or the program to crash) if the borrowed string changes after its length is checked.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Rust-Lang | Rust | before 1.52.0 |
| Fedoraproject | Fedora | Versions 32, 33, 34 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/80335
- https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/81728
- https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/81728#issuecomment-821549174
- https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/81728#issuecomment-824904190
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CZ337CM4GFJLRDFVQCGC7J25V65JXOG5/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TFUO3URYCO73D2Q4WYJBWAMJWGGVXQO4/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VZG65GUW6Z2CYOQHF7T3TB5CZKIX6ZJE/
- https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/80335
- https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/81728
- https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/81728#issuecomment-821549174
- https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/81728#issuecomment-824904190
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CZ337CM4GFJLRDFVQCGC7J25V65JXOG5/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TFUO3URYCO73D2Q4WYJBWAMJWGGVXQO4/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VZG65GUW6Z2CYOQHF7T3TB5CZKIX6ZJE/