Vulnerability DatabaseRUSTSEC-2025-0013

RUSTSEC-2025-0013
Rust vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A memory corruption vulnerability was discovered in the safe-transmute crate versions prior to 0.10.1 for Rust. The issue was assigned CVE-2018-21000 and was created in the CVE database on August 25, 2019. The vulnerability stems from incorrectly ordered constructor arguments (MITRE CVE).

Technical details

The vulnerability involves a constructor implementation where arguments were placed in the wrong order, leading to potential heap memory corruption in the safe-transmute Rust crate (MITRE CVE).

Impact

When exploited, this vulnerability could result in heap memory corruption, potentially affecting the integrity and stability of applications using the affected versions of the safe-transmute crate (MITRE CVE).

Mitigation and workarounds

The issue has been fixed in version 0.10.1 of the safe-transmute crate. Users are advised to upgrade to this version or later to address the vulnerability (MITRE CVE).

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