simd-lite/simd-json-derive · Security

`simd-json-derive` vulnerable to `MaybeUninit` misuse

GHSA ID
GHSA-pqpw-89w5-82v5
Severity
medium
Published
Updated
CVSS v4
6.6 · CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U

Description

An invalid use of MaybeUninit::uninit().assume_init() in simd-json-derive's derive macro can cause undefined behavior. The original code used MaybeUninit to avoid initialisation of the struct and then set the fields using ptr::write. The undefined behavior triggered by this misuse of MaybeUninit can lead to invlaid memory access and panics in binaries compiled in release mode (aka simd-json-derive prior to version 0.12 has UB and optimizes into some nonsense)

The version 0.12.0 removes this section of code, avoiding the use of MaybeUninit alltogether.

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