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GHSA-wfg4-322g-9vqv: memoffset allows reading uninitialized memory
memoffset allows attempt of reading data from address 0
with arbitrary type. This behavior is an undefined behavior because address 0
to std::mem::size_of<T>
may not have valid bit-pattern with T
. Old implementation dereferences uninitialized memory obtained from std::mem::align_of
. Older implementation prior to it allows using uninitialized data obtained from std::mem::uninitialized
with arbitrary type then compute offset by taking the address of field-projection. This may also result in an undefined behavior for “father” that includes (directly or transitively) type that does not allow to be uninitialized.
This flaw was corrected by using std::ptr::addr_of
in https://github.com/Gilnaa/memoffset/pull/50.
memoffset allows reading uninitialized memory
Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Jun 21, 2023 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jun 21, 2023