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RUSTSEC-2022-0083:
Rust vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
An issue was discovered in the derive-com-impl crate before version 0.1.2 for Rust, identified as RUSTSEC-2022-0083. The vulnerability was disclosed on December 26, 2021, affecting the memory safety of Rust applications using this crate (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability involves an invalid reference and potential memory corruption scenario that occurs because AddRef might not be called before returning a pointer. The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 7.5 (HIGH) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H. It is classified as CWE-787 (Out-of-bounds Write) (NVD).
Impact
The vulnerability can lead to memory corruption and potential system crashes due to invalid reference handling. The high CVSS score particularly reflects the significant impact on system availability, though confidentiality and integrity are not directly affected (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
Users should upgrade to derive-com-impl version 0.1.2 or later, which contains the fix for this vulnerability (NVD).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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