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GHSA-pfr9-2p92-qrhq Databento Binary Encoding (DBN) has a heap buffer overflow using c_chars_to_str function

MEDIUM Published 2024-10-09 Modified 2026-05-20 Official page ↗
Ecosystem
crates.io
Packages
dbn
Severity
Moderate
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-126
Reviewed
2024-10-09

Affected packages

• crates.io dbn: < 0.22.1 → fixed in 0.22.1

Description

The `heap-buffer-overflow` is triggered in the `strlen()` function when handling the `c_chars_to_str` function in the dbn crate. This vulnerability occurs because the `CStr::from_ptr()` function in Rust assumes that the provided C string is null-terminated. However, there is no guarantee that the input chars array passed to the c_chars_to_str function is properly null-terminated. If the chars array does not contain a null byte (\0), strlen() will continue to read beyond the bounds of the buffer in search of a null terminator. This results in an out-of-bounds memory read and can lead to a heap-buffer-overflow, potentially causing memory corruption or exposing sensitive information.

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-126 Buffer Over-read weakness

References