CVE-2020-11105

Name
CVE-2020-11105
Description
An issue was discovered in USC iLab cereal through 1.3.0. It employs caching of std::shared_ptr values, using the raw pointer address as a unique identifier. This becomes problematic if an std::shared_ptr variable goes out of scope and is freed, and a new std::shared_ptr is allocated at the same address. Serialization fidelity thereby becomes dependent upon memory layout. In short, serialized std::shared_ptr variables cannot always be expected to serialize back into their original values. This can have any number of consequences, depending on the context within which this manifests.
NVD Severity
high
Other trackers
Mailing lists
Exploits
Forges
GitHub (code, issues), Aports (code, issues)

References

Type URI
Exploit https://github.com/USCiLab/cereal/issues/636

Match rules

CPE URI Source package Min version Max version
cpe:2.3:a:usc:cereal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cereal >= None <= 1.3.0

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Source package Branch Version Maintainer Status
cereal 3.15-community 1.3.0-r0 Adam Jensen <adam@acj.sh> possibly vulnerable