Rust’s memory-safety guarantees challenged by flaws in its standard library
Microsoft’s FORGE Lab uncovered bugs that allow safe Rust code to trigger undefined behavior, including an 11-year-old flaw and weaknesses affecting stable releases. Rust’s reputation for preventing memory-safety vulnerabilities faces a fresh test after Microsoft researchers uncovered several flaws in the language’s standard library, including bugs that can allow programs written entirely in safe Rust […]
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