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rust-generic-array — security advisory
An issue was discovered in the generic-array crate before 0.13.3 for Rust. It violates soundness by using the arr! macro to extend lifetimes.
- Products
- rust-generic-array
- Affected versions
- 0.12.0-1, 0.14.4-1, 0.14.7-1, 1.4.4-1
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2020-36465
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 00:52 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
An issue was discovered in the generic-array crate before 0.13.3 for Rust. It violates soundness by using the arr! macro to extend lifetimes.
osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2020-36465
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Complete source record
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