linked_list_allocator vulnerable to out-of-bound writes on `Heap` initialization and `Heap::extend`

Impact What kind of vulnerability is it? Who is impacted? This vulnerability impacts all the initialization functions on the Heap and LockedHeap types, including Heap::new, Heap::init, Heap::initfromslice, and LockedHeap::new. It also affects multiple uses of the Heap::extend method. Initializati...

Rust-WebSocket memory allocation based on untrusted length

Impact Untrusted websocket connections can cause an out-of-memory OOM process abort in a client or a server. The root cause of the issue is during dataframe parsing. Affected versions would allocate a buffer based on the declared dataframe size, which may come from an untrusted source. When...

GHSA-QRJV-RF5Q-QPXC Rust-WebSocket memory allocation based on untrusted length

Impact Untrusted websocket connections can cause an out-of-memory OOM process abort in a client or a server. The root cause of the issue is during dataframe parsing. Affected versions would allocate a buffer based on the declared dataframe size, which may come from an untrusted source. When...

Reachable Assertion in rulex

Impact When parsing untrusted rulex expressions, rulex may crash, possibly enabling a Denial of Service attack. This happens when the expression contains a multi-byte UTF-8 code point in a string literal or after a backslash, because rulex tries to slice into the code point and panics as a result...

Critical RCE Bug Affects Millions of OpenWrt-based Network Devices

A cybersecurity researcher today disclosed technical details and proof-of-concept of a critical remote code execution vulnerability affecting OpenWrt , a widely used Linux-based operating system for routers, residential gateways, and other embedded devices that route network traffic. Tracked as...

Vulnerability in OpenSSL - CMS Null dereference

Applications parsing invalid CMS structures can crash with a NULL pointer dereference. This is caused by a bug in the handling of the ASN.1 CHOICE type in OpenSSL 1.1.0 which can result in a NULL value being passed to the structure callback if an attempt is made to free certain invalid encodings...