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Medium · 5.6 CVE-2024-11991 EUVD-2024-34242

Uninitialized memory access in Motoko incremental garbage collector

Published Dec 9, 2024 · Updated Dec 9, 2024 · Assigned by Dfinity

Description

Motoko's incremental garbage collector is impacted by an uninitialized memory access bug, caused by incorrect use of write barriers in a few locations. This vulnerability could potentially allow unauthorized read or write access to a Canister's memory. However, exploiting this bug requires the Canister to enable the incremental garbage collector or enhanced orthogonal persistence, which are non-default features in Motoko.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Internet Computer Motoko 0.9.0 – ≤ 0.13.3 —

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