Data races in atom · CVE-2020-35897 · GitHub Advisory Database · GitHub

Data races in atom

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Aug 25, 2021 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jun 13, 2023

Package

atom (Rust)

Affected versions

< 0.3.6

Patched versions

0.3.6

Description

The atom crate contains a security issue revolving around its implementation of the Send trait. It incorrectly allows any arbitrary type to be sent across threads potentially leading to use-after-free issues through memory races.

References

Reviewed Aug 19, 2021

Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Aug 25, 2021

Last updated Jun 13, 2023

Severity

Moderate

4.7

/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector

Local

Attack complexity

High

Privileges required

Low

User interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H