Memory corruption via repeated unchecked Zip access
Published Apr 11, 2021 · Updated Aug 3, 2024
Memory-safety flaw in the Rust standard library before 1.52.0 allows attackers to create conflicting mutable references through Zip. In Zip::next(), the TrustedRandomAccess specialization increments self.index only after the first unchecked iterator access, so a panic leaves the index unchanged and a later next() reads that index again. Triggering the flaw requires an underlying iterator to panic and the Zip iterator to be used again; the resulting contract violation creates two mutable references to the same memory and causes undefined behavior.
Summary
What happened
Memory-safety flaw in the Rust standard library before 1.52.0 allows attackers to create conflicting mutable references through Zip. In Zip::next(), the TrustedRandomAccess specialization increments self.index only after the first unchecked iterator access, so a panic leaves the index unchanged and a later next() reads that index again. Triggering the flaw requires an underlying iterator to panic and the Zip iterator to be used again; the resulting contract violation creates two mutable references to the same memory and causes undefined behavior.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2021-28876
- Published
- Apr 11, 2021
- Updated
- Aug 3, 2024
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- Unknown vendor
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- Unknown product
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- CWE-755
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- Unavailable
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- Apr 11, 2021CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 3, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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