Access of Uninitialized Pointer Affecting simd-json-derive package, versions <0.12.0
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- published 13 Nov 2024
- disclosed 12 Nov 2024
- credit Unknown
How to fix?
Upgrade simd-json-derive to version 0.12.0 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Access of Uninitialized Pointer due to the misuse of MaybeUninit::uninit().assume_init() in the derive macro. An attacker can cause undefined behavior and potentially access invalid memory or trigger panics in binaries compiled in release mode.