PT-2019-14540 · Rust · Generator Crate

Published 2019-09-06 · Updated 2021-08-25 · CVE-2019-16144

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions generator crate versions prior to 0.6.18

Description The issue arises from the use of uninitialized memory by Scope, done, and yield during API calls. This can lead to undefined behavior (UB) in certain cases, such as using the API in a non-generator context.

Recommendations For versions prior to 0.6.18, update to version 0.6.18 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider avoiding the use of affected APIs in non-generator contexts until the update is applied.

Fix

Use of Uninitialized Resource

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-908

Related Identifiers

CVE-2019-16144

GHSA-6C65-XCF5-299X

RUSTSEC-2019-0020

Affected Products

Generator Crate

References · 11

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-6c65-xcf5-299x · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/RUSTSEC-2019-0020 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16144 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-16144 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/Xudong-Huang/generator-rs/issues/9 · Note
• https://github.com/Xudong-Huang/generator-rs/issues/11 · Note
• https://github.com/Xudong-Huang/generator-rs/issues/13 · Note
• https://github.com/Xudong-Huang/generator-rs · Note
• https://github.com/Xudong-Huang/generator-rs/issues/14 · Note
• https://crates.io/crates/generator · Note
• https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2019-0020.html · Note