Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Apr 11, 2021· Updated Aug 4, 2024
CVE-2020-36317
CVE-2020-36317
Description
In the standard library in Rust before 1.49.0, String::retain() function has a panic safety problem. It allows creation of a non-UTF-8 Rust string when the provided closure panics. This bug could result in a memory safety violation when other string APIs assume that UTF-8 encoding is used on the same string.
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Affected products
2- Rust/Rustdescription
- Range: <1.49.0
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/78498mitrex_refsource_MISC
- github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/78499mitrex_refsource_MISC
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