CVE-2020-11105

Published Mar 30, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 9.8 Critical EPSS 2.0% KEV · Not listed
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.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-3463 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.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 11:21 AM
Reserved
Mar 30, 2020, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Mar 30, 2020, 10:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 2:49 AM