# CVE-2019-15553: An issue was discovered in the memoffset crate before 0.5.0 for Rust.

- Also known as: GHSA-RH89-X75F-RH3C, RUSTSEC-2019-0011
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.5.0
- Published: 2019-08-26 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- memoffset (crates.io): fixed in 0.5.0
- memoffset (crates.io): from 0.0.0-0, fixed in 0.5.0

## Description

An issue was discovered in the memoffset crate before 0.5.0 for Rust. offset_of and span_of can cause exposure of uninitialized memory.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, memoffset, upgrade to a fixed version (0.5.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2019-0011.html
- https://github.com/Gilnaa/memoffset/issues/9#issuecomment-505461490

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