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Unscored RUSTSEC-2026-0139

Null-pointer dereference and double-free via safe APIs

Published May 2, 2026 · Updated May 13, 2026 · Assigned by RUSTSEC

Description

Two soundness violations exist in the Rust bindings for MetaCall:

**Null-pointer dereference:** `MetaCallFuture::new_raw()` accepts a raw
pointer without validation. The `Debug` impl calls `Box::from_raw(self.data)`
on it. Passing a null pointer causes the `Debug` impl to construct a
`NonNull` from null, producing undefined behavior.

**Double-free:** `MetaCallPointer::clone()` shares the same `rust_value` raw
pointer between the clone and the original. Calling `get_value_untyped()` on
both clones calls `Box::from_raw` on the same pointer twice, resulting in a
double-free.

Both issues can be triggered through safe public APIs —
`MetaCallFuture::new_raw()`, `MetaCallPointer::new()`, `clone()`, and
`get_value_untyped()` — with no `unsafe` required from the caller.

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
crates.io metacall >= 0.0.0-0 — RUSTSEC-2026-0139

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