# CVE-2019-15552: An issue was discovered in the libflate crate before 0.1.25 for Rust.

- Also known as: GHSA-RPCM-WHQC-JFW8, RUSTSEC-2019-0010
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.1.25
- Published: 2019-08-26 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- libflate (crates.io): from 0.1.14, fixed in 0.1.25

## Description

An issue was discovered in the libflate crate before 0.1.25 for Rust. MultiDecoder::read has a use-after-free, leading to arbitrary code execution.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, libflate, upgrade to a fixed version (0.1.25) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2019-0010.html
- https://github.com/sile/libflate/issues/35

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