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GHSA-RC23-XXGQ-X27G

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-09-16 17:18 – Updated: 2022-09-16 17:18

Summary

wee_alloc is Unmaintained

Details

Two of the maintainers have indicated that the crate may not be maintained.

The crate has open issues including memory leaks and may not be suitable for production use.

It may be best to switch to the default Rust standard allocator on wasm32 targets.

Last release seems to have been three years ago.

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "crates.io",
        "name": "wee_alloc"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2022-09-16T17:18:28Z",
    "nvd_published_at": null,
    "severity": "CRITICAL"
  },
  "details": "Two of the maintainers have indicated that the crate may not be maintained.\n\nThe crate has open issues including memory leaks and may not be suitable for production use.\n\nIt may be best to switch to the default Rust standard allocator on wasm32 targets.\n\nLast release seems to have been three years ago.",
  "id": "GHSA-rc23-xxgq-x27g",
  "modified": "2022-09-16T17:18:28Z",
  "published": "2022-09-16T17:18:28Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/rustwasm/wee_alloc/issues/107"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/rustwasm/wee_alloc"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2022-0054.html"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [],
  "summary": "wee_alloc is Unmaintained"
}

rustsec-2022-0054

Vulnerability from osv_rustsec

Published

2022-05-11 12:00

Modified

2023-06-13 13:10

Summary

wee_alloc is Unmaintained

Details

Two of the maintainers have indicated that the crate may not be maintained.

The crate has open issues including memory leaks and may not be suitable for production use.

It may be best to switch to the default Rust standard allocator on wasm32 targets.

Last release seems to have been three years ago.

Possible Alternative(s)

The below list has not been vetted in any way and may or may not contain alternatives;

Rust standard default allocator on wasm32-target

Honorable Mention(s)

The below may serve to educate on potential future alternatives:

lol_alloc

References

URL

Type

	https://crates.io/crates/wee_alloc	PACKAGE
	https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2022-0054.html	ADVISORY
	https://github.com/rustwasm/wee_alloc/issues/107	REPORT
	https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/x1cle0/don…	WEB
	https://github.com/rustwasm/wee_alloc/issues/85	REPORT
	https://github.com/rustwasm/wee_alloc/issues/106	REPORT

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  "affected": [
    {
      "database_specific": {
        "categories": [],
        "cvss": null,
        "informational": "unmaintained"
      },
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "affected_functions": null,
        "affects": {
          "arch": [],
          "functions": [],
          "os": []
        }
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "crates.io",
        "name": "wee_alloc",
        "purl": "pkg:cargo/wee_alloc"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0.0.0-0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "SEMVER"
        }
      ],
      "versions": []
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "GHSA-rc23-xxgq-x27g"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "license": "CC0-1.0"
  },
  "details": "Two of the maintainers have indicated that the crate may not be maintained.\n\nThe crate has open issues including memory leaks and may not be suitable for production use.\n\nIt may be best to switch to the default Rust standard allocator on wasm32 targets.\n\nLast release seems to have been three years ago.\n\n## Possible Alternative(s)\n\n The below list has not been vetted in any way and may or may not contain alternatives;\n\n - Rust standard [default allocator] on wasm32-target\n\n## Honorable Mention(s)\n\n The below may serve to educate on potential future alternatives:\n\n - [lol_alloc](https://crates.io/crates/lol_alloc)\n\n[default allocator]: https://github.com/alexcrichton/dlmalloc-rs",
  "id": "RUSTSEC-2022-0054",
  "modified": "2023-06-13T13:10:24Z",
  "published": "2022-05-11T12:00:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://crates.io/crates/wee_alloc"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2022-0054.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/rustwasm/wee_alloc/issues/107"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/x1cle0/dont_use_wee_alloc_in_production_code_targeting/"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/rustwasm/wee_alloc/issues/85"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/rustwasm/wee_alloc/issues/106"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "severity": [],
  "summary": "wee_alloc is Unmaintained"
}

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Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
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Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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