GitHub Advisoryadvisory · crates.io

GHSA-fpf5-4jw8-67x8 rust-zserio has Unbounded Memory Allocation

HIGH Published 2026-05-07 Modified 2026-05-07 Official page ↗
Ecosystem
crates.io
Packages
rust-zserio
Severity
High
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-789
Reviewed
2026-05-07

Affected packages

• crates.io rust-zserio: < 0.5.4 → fixed in 0.5.4

Description

Impact When deserializing arrays, strings or bytes (blob) types zserio first reads the size of the variable, and then allocates sufficient memory to load data. Since the size is always trusted this can be abused by creating a data file with a large size value, causing the zserio runtime to allocate large amounts of memory. Patches Please cherry-pick 57f5fb. Workarounds • Do not accept `zserio`-encoded messages from non-trusted sources. • Allocate a maximum heap amount to `rust-zerio` to avoid impacting other applications.

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-789 Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value weakness

References