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TI-2025-43551 Aliases GHSA-8655-xgh5-5vvq

fast-fault has a segmentation fault due to lack of bound check

Priority LOW 38Published · Updated

Key facts

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Attack complexity
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Impact type
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Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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Fix status
No fix listed

No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from GitHub.

Summary

In this case, the "fast_float::common::AsciiStr::first" method within the "AsciiStr" struct uses the unsafe keyword to reading from memory without performing bounds checking. Specifically, it directly dereferences a pointer offset by "self.ptr". Because of the above reason, the method accesses invalid memory address when it takes an empty string as its input. This approach violates Rust’s memory safety guarantees, as it can lead to invalid memory access if empty buffer is provided. No patched version for fast-float crate has been released, but a patch is available in the fast-float2 fork.

Why it matters now

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
—fast-float (crates.io)up to 0.2.0—No fix listedGHSA-8655-xgh5-5vvq
  • fast-float (crates.io) Vendor— Affected up to 0.2.0 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-8655-xgh5-5vvq

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-03 Threatist record created from GHSA-8655-xgh5-5vvq

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