Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU26468

Use-after-free in bitvec and Rust Programming Language - #VU26468

Published: March 31, 2020

Vulnerability identifier: #VU26468

CSH Severity: High

CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: N/A

CWE-ID: CWE-416

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error when conversion of BitVec to BitBox does not account for allocation movement. A remote attacker can execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

Affected software

bitvec
Rust Programming Language

Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

bitvec - update to 0.17.4

External References

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