GitHub Advisoryadvisory · crates.io
GHSA-pfr9-2p92-qrhq Databento Binary Encoding (DBN) has a heap buffer overflow using c_chars_to_str function
MEDIUM
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- 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