GitHub Advisoryadvisory · crates.io
GHSA-66fw-43h8-f8p3 XMP Toolkit's `XmpFile::close` can trigger undefined behavior
LOW
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- Ecosystem
- crates.io
- Packages
- xmp_toolkit
- Severity
- Low
- Weaknesses
- CWE-754
- Reviewed
- 2024-07-26
Affected packages
• crates.io xmp_toolkit: < 1.9.0 → fixed in 1.9.0
Description
Affected versions of the crate failed to catch C++ exceptions raised within the `XmpFile::close` function. If such an exception occurred, it would trigger undefined behavior, typically a process abort.
This is best demonstrated in issue #230, where a race condition causes the `close` call to fail due to file I/O errors.
This was fixed in PR #232 (released as crate version 1.9.0), which now safely handles the exception.
For backward compatibility, the existing API ignores the error. A new API `XmpFile::try_close` was added to allow callers to receive and process the error result.
Users of all prior versions of `xmp_toolkit` are encouraged to update to version 1.9.0 to avoid undefined behavior.
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-754 Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions weakness