Use-after-free of a dictionary after a one-shot call on a context with an open stream
The one-shot `DCtx` and `CCtx` methods assumed the C library resets the context, but it leaves an open stream as it is. When a stream was left unfinished on a context, a one-shot call such as `decompress_using_dict` could leave the context pointing at the dictionary borrowed for that call, and the next streaming call resumed the stream against it after it was freed: decompressed output then contained freed heap memory. On the compression side, the stream resumed against the one-shot call's buffers. This requires an application to use one context for both streaming and one-shot calls without a reset in between. The flaw was corrected by resetting the session after one-shot calls whenever a stream may be open.
- 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 of a dictionary after a one-shot call on a context with an open stream
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 16 Oct 2026, 12:00 UTC
The one-shot `DCtx` and `CCtx` methods assumed the C library resets the context, but it leaves an open stream as it is. When a stream was left unfinished on a context, a one-shot call such as `decompress_using_dict` could leave the context pointing at the dictionary borrowed for that call, and the next streaming call resumed the stream against it after it was freed: decompressed output then contained freed heap memory. On the compression side, the stream resumed against the one-shot call's buffers. This requires an application to use one context for both streaming and one-shot calls without a reset in between. The flaw was corrected by resetting the session after one-shot calls whenever a stream may be open.
osv:RUSTSEC-2026-0400
zstd-safe
Fixed versions: 8.2.0
Complete source record
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