playxe/cgc · Security
Multiple soundness issues in cgc
- GHSA ID
- GHSA-f3mq-99jr-ww4r
- CVE ID
- CVE-2020-36467
- Severity
- medium
- Published
- Updated
- CVSS
- 5.9 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS v3
- 5.9 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Description
Affected versions of this crate have the following issues:
-
PtrimplementsSendandSyncfor all types, this can lead to data races by sending non-thread safe types across threads. -
Ptr::getviolates mutable alias rules by returning multiple mutable references to the same object. -
Ptr::writeuses non-atomic writes to the underlying pointer. This means that when used across threads it can lead to data races.
CWEs
- CWE-657 · Violation of Secure Design Principles