Generated code can read and write out of bounds in safe code · GHSA-3jch-9qgp-4844 · GitHub Advisory Database · GitHub

Generated code can read and write out of bounds in safe code

Critical severity GitHub Reviewed Published Jun 16, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 8, 2023

Package

flatbuffers (Rust)

Affected versions

< 22.9.29

Patched versions

22.9.29

Description

Code generated by flatbuffers' compiler is unsafe but not marked as such.
See google/flatbuffers#6627 for details.

All users that use generated code by flatbuffers compiler are recommended to:

not expose flatbuffer generated code as part of their public APIs
audit their code and look for any usage of follow, push, or any method that uses them
(e.g. self_follow).
Carefuly go through the crates' documentation to understand which "safe" APIs are not
intended to be used.

References

Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Jun 16, 2022

Reviewed Jun 16, 2022

Last updated Jan 8, 2023

Severity

Critical

9.8

/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector

Network

Attack complexity

Low

Privileges required

None

User interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H