arrayfire Crate up to 3.5.x on Rust repr Attribute memory corruption

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A vulnerability was found in arrayfire Crate up to 3.5.x on Rust (Rust Package) and classified as critical. This issue affects the function repr. The manipulation as part of a Attribute leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

An issue was discovered in the arrayfire crate before 3.6.0 for Rust. Addition of the repr() attribute to an enum is mishandled, leading to memory corruption.

The weakness was presented 08/26/2019. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-20998 since 08/25/2019. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

Upgrading to version 3.6.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: arrayfire Crate 3.6.0

Timelineinfo

08/25/2019 🔍
08/26/2019 +1 days 🔍
08/27/2019 +1 days 🔍
12/04/2023 +1560 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: rustsec.org
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2018-20998 (🔍)

Entryinfo

Created: 08/27/2019 06:34
Updated: 12/04/2023 08:38
Changes: 08/27/2019 06:34 (38), 08/06/2020 09:19 (18), 12/04/2023 08:38 (4)
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