Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion') Affecting obfstr package, versions <0.4.4
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- published12 Jun 2025
- disclosed2 May 2025
- creditCXWorks
Introduced: 2 May 2025
CVE-2024-58253 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade obfstr to version 0.4.4 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion') due to the obfstr! argument type not being restricted to string slices, leading to invalid UTF-8 conversion that produces an invalid value. An attacker can manipulate the output or cause unexpected behavior by supplying non-string inputs.