Access of Uninitialized Pointer Affecting mimalloc package, versions <0.1.39
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- published13 Nov 2024
- disclosed12 Nov 2024
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 12 Nov 2024
CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-824 (opens in a new tab)Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) is a category system for software weaknesses
How to fix?
Upgrade mimalloc to version 0.1.39 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Access of Uninitialized Pointer due to the allocator's logic change, which previously avoided using aligned allocation functions for performance reasons. An attacker can exploit this flaw to cause memory misalignment issues.