GitHub Advisoryadvisory · crates.io

GHSA-m2pf-hprp-3vqm Use after free in image

CRITICAL Published 2021-08-25 Modified 2023-06-13 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2019-16138
Ecosystem
crates.io
Packages
image
Severity
Critical
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-416
Reviewed
2021-08-19

Affected packages

• crates.io image: >= 0.10.2, < 0.21.3 → fixed in 0.21.3

Description

Affected versions of this crate would call Vec::set_len on an uninitialized vector with user-provided type parameter, in an interface of the HDR image format decoder. They would then also call other code that could panic before initializing all instances. This could run Drop implementations on uninitialized types, equivalent to use-after-free, and allow an attacker arbitrary code execution. Two different fixes were applied. It is possible to conserve the interface by ensuring proper initialization before calling Vec::set_len. Drop is no longer called in case of panic, though. Starting from version 0.22, a breaking change to the interface requires callers to pre-allocate the output buffer and pass a mutable slice instead, avoiding all unsafe code.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2019-16138 An issue was discovered in the image crate before 0.21.3 for Rust, affecting the HDR image format decoder. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

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