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CVE-2020-11105: Release of Invalid Pointer or Reference

March 30, 2020 (updated April 1, 2020)

An issue was discovered in USC iLab cereal. It employs caching of std::shared_ptr values, using the raw pointer address as a unique identifier. This becomes problematic if a std::shared_ptr variable goes out of scope and is freed, and a new std::shared_ptr is allocated at the same address. Serialization fidelity thereby becomes dependent upon memory layout. In short, serialized std::shared_ptr variables cannot always be expected to serialize back into their original values. This can have any number of consequences, depending on the context within which this manifests.

References

  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11105

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions up to 1.3.0

Solution

Unfortunately, there is no solution available yet.

Impact 9.8 CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Weakness

  • CWE-763: Release of Invalid Pointer or Reference

Source file

conan/cereal/CVE-2020-11105.yml

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