Out-of-Bounds Affecting maxminddb package, versions >=0.11.0 <0.27.0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RUST-MAXMINDDB-14152001
  • published30 Nov 2025
  • disclosed28 Nov 2025
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 28 Nov 2025

New CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade maxminddb to version 0.27.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-Bounds via the Reader::open_mmap function, which unsoundly marks unsafe memmap operation as safe. An attacker can cause undefined behavior or memory corruption by modifying the underlying file on disk while the memory map is still active.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1