Uninitialized memory exposure via trusted iterator length
Published Apr 1, 2021 · Updated Aug 3, 2024
Memory safety violation in the reorder Rust crate before 1.1.0 allows attackers to obtain uninitialized values through swap_index. swap_index trusts ExactSizeIterator::len(), sets a vector's length to that claim after yielding fewer elements, and returns initialized and uninitialized slots together. Reachability requires a consuming application to pass an iterator whose reported length exceeds its actual yield; safe Rust code can then read uninitialized process memory.
Summary
What happened
Memory safety violation in the reorder Rust crate before 1.1.0 allows attackers to obtain uninitialized values through swap_index. swap_index trusts ExactSizeIterator::len(), sets a vector's length to that claim after yielding fewer elements, and returns initialized and uninitialized slots together. Reachability requires a consuming application to pass an iterator whose reported length exceeds its actual yield; safe Rust code can then read uninitialized process memory.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2021-29942
- Published
- Apr 1, 2021
- Updated
- Aug 3, 2024
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-787
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Apr 1, 2021CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 3, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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