longbridgeapp/rust-i18n · Security

Use-after-free when setting the locale

GHSA ID
GHSA-c8v3-jhv9-4ppc
Severity
medium
Published
Updated

Description

Version 3.0.0 introduced an AtomicStr type, that is used to store the current locale. It stores the locale as a raw pointer to an Arc<String>. The locale can be read with AtomicStr::as_str(). AtomicStr::as_str() does not increment the usage counter of the Arc.

If the locale is changed in one thread, another thread can have a stale -- possibly already freed -- reference to the stored string.

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