CVE-2019-16882 - Use After Free

Severity

75%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

60%

An issue was discovered in the string-interner crate before 0.7.1 for Rust. It allows attackers to read from memory locations associated with dangling pointers, because of a cloning flaw.

An issue was discovered in the string-interner crate before 0.7.1 for Rust. It allows attackers to read from memory locations associated with dangling pointers, because of a cloning flaw.

CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N).

Demo Examples

Use After Free

CWE-416

The following example demonstrates the weakness.


               
}
free(buf3R2);

Use After Free

CWE-416

The following code illustrates a use after free error:


               
}
free(ptr);
logError("operation aborted before commit", ptr);

When an error occurs, the pointer is immediately freed. However, this pointer is later incorrectly used in the logError function.

Overview

First reported 5 years ago

2019-09-25 17:15:00

Last updated 5 years ago

2019-09-26 13:42:00

Affected Software

String Interner Project String Interner

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