How many CVEs have patched String?

1 published CVEs changed String in rust-lang/rust, in 2 distinct patches totalling 10 changed lines, between 2021 and 2021.

What is the latest CVE that changed String?

CVE-2020-36317, published 2021-04-11, changed lines 1238 to 1263 of library/alloc/src/string.rs.

How does String compare to the rest of rust-lang/rust?

rust-lang/rust has 18 CVEs with a located fix in total; 1 of them changed String.

What do the line numbers refer to?

Line numbers are in the fixed version of the file, as the upstream patch left it. A CVE whose fix was backported to several branches is listed once, with the lines from the upstream commit.

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String

Name: String in rust-lang/rust: CVE fixes
Creator: RadicalNotion.AI
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

library/alloc/src/string.rs

Last patched April 11, 2021

1

CVEs

That changed this function

2

Distinct patches

Backports counted once

10

Lines changed

Added plus removed

2021

Years

By CVE publication date

Overview

String in rust-lang/rust was changed by 1 published CVE fixes in 2021, in 2 distinct patches that added or removed 10 lines in total.

rust-lang/rust has 18 CVEs with a located fix in total, so 6% of them touched this function.

CVEs that patched it

Every published CVE whose fix changed String, newest first, with the lines each fix touched.

CVE-2020-36317
CVE-2020-36317 · lines 1238–1263 · +6 −4 in 2 hunks
High · CVSS 7.5
EPSS 1.5%2021-04-11

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Functions in rust-lang/rust changed by the most CVE fixes.

checked_mul

2 CVEs · library/alloc/src/str.rs

peek_char1 CVEs · library/std/src/net/parser.rs

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is_contiguous1 CVEs · library/alloc/src/collections/vec_deque/mod.rs

read1 CVEs · library/std/src/io/mod.rs

new1 CVEs · library/core/src/iter/adapters/zip.rs

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about CVE fixes to String.

How many CVEs have patched String?: 1 published CVEs changed String in rust-lang/rust, in 2 distinct patches totalling 10 changed lines, between 2021 and 2021.
What is the latest CVE that changed String?: CVE-2020-36317, published 2021-04-11, changed lines 1238 to 1263 of library/alloc/src/string.rs.
How does String compare to the rest of rust-lang/rust?: rust-lang/rust has 18 CVEs with a located fix in total; 1 of them changed String.
What do the line numbers refer to?: Line numbers are in the fixed version of the file, as the upstream patch left it. A CVE whose fix was backported to several branches is listed once, with the lines from the upstream commit.

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Fix locations are computed by RadicalNotion.AI from the upstream patch diff of each CVE. CVE data is sourced from the CVE Program.

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