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Use-after-free with `CParameter::StableInBuffer`

Type: advisorySources: OSV

With `CParameter::StableInBuffer(true)` (`experimental` feature), the C library keeps a pointer to the input of one streaming call and reads from it in later calls, including `flush_stream` and `end_stream`, which take no input. An `InBuffer` only borrows its slice for one call, so safe code could free it in between, and freed memory was compressed into the frame. The C library behaves this way since zstd 1.5.4, whether bundled or linked from the system. The flaw was corrected by refusing to enable the parameter.

Products
zstd-safe
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
8.2.0
CVEs
Not specified
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
1 Nov 2026, 14:47 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

Use-after-free with `CParameter::StableInBuffer`

core-osv · Original source

Published 16 Oct 2026, 12:00 UTC

With `CParameter::StableInBuffer(true)` (`experimental` feature), the C library keeps a pointer to the input of one streaming call and reads from it in later calls, including `flush_stream` and `end_stream`, which take no input. An `InBuffer` only borrows its slice for one call, so safe code could free it in between, and freed memory was compressed into the frame. The C library behaves this way since zstd 1.5.4, whether bundled or linked from the system. The flaw was corrected by refusing to enable the parameter.

osv:RUSTSEC-2026-0395

zstd-safe

Fixed versions: 8.2.0

Complete source record
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