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CVE-2021-25900: Buffer overflow in SmallVec::insert_many

May 24, 2022 (updated June 13, 2023)

A bug in the SmallVec::insert_many method caused it to allocate a buffer that was smaller than needed. It then wrote past the end of the buffer, causing a buffer overflow and memory corruption on the heap. This bug was only triggered if the iterator passed to insert_many yielded more items than the lower bound returned from its size_hint method.

The flaw was corrected in smallvec 0.6.14 and 1.6.1, by ensuring that additional space is always reserved for each item inserted. The fix also simplified the implementation of insert_many to use less unsafe code, so it is easier to verify its correctness.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-43w2-9j62-hq99
  • github.com/servo/rust-smallvec
  • github.com/servo/rust-smallvec/commit/5757ac500d4e544485d796b542e4e589749c291b
  • github.com/servo/rust-smallvec/commit/9998ba0694a6b51aa6604748b00b6a98f0a0039e
  • github.com/servo/rust-smallvec/issues/252
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-25900
  • rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2021-0003.html

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 0.6.3 before 0.6.14, all versions starting from 1.0.0 before 1.6.1

Fixed versions

  • 0.6.14
  • 1.6.1

Solution

Upgrade to versions 0.6.14, 1.6.1 or above.

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-787: Out-of-bounds Write

Source file

cargo/smallvec/CVE-2021-25900.yml

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