Use After Free Affecting pyo3 package, versions >=0.22.0 <0.22.4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RUST-PYO3-8220283
  • published16 Oct 2024
  • disclosed15 Oct 2024
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 15 Oct 2024

CVE-2024-9979  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade pyo3 to version 0.22.4 or higher.

Overview

pyo3 is a package that provides Rust bindings for Python. This includes running and interacting with Python code from a Rust binary, as well as writing native Python modules.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use After Free via the functions get_object_borrowed, upgrade_borrowed,upgrade_borrowed_as ,upgrade_borrowed_as_exact and upgrade_borrowed_as_unchecked . An attacker can manipulate memory and access or modify freed memory locations by exploiting the unsound nature of these functions.

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