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[advisory]
id = "RUSTSEC-2019-0028"
package = "flatbuffers"
aliases = ["CVE-2019-25004"]
date = "2019-10-20"
url = "https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/issues/5530"

[affected.functions]
"flatbuffers::Follow::follow" = [">= 0.4.0", "<= 0.6.0"]

[versions]
patched = [">= 0.6.1"]
unaffected = ["< 0.4.0"]

Unsound impl Follow for bool

The implementation of impl Follow for bool allows to reinterpret arbitrary bytes as a bool.

In Rust bool has stringent requirements for its in-memory representation. Use of this function allows to violate these requirements and invoke undefined behaviour in safe code.