Description
`SplitVec::extend_from_slice` increments the logical length `self.len` before cloning the incoming elements into the reserved slots. If an element's `Clone` panics mid-fill, unwinding leaves `self.len` counting slots that were never initialized. A later safe read (`get`, indexing, `iter`) then reads one of those uninitialized slots.
This is reachable from safe Rust — a read of uninitialized memory (CWE-908). It is not a double-free: `SplitVec` has no manual `Drop` and its elements live in a standard `Vec`, so the defect is a read, not a free.
## Impact
A safe read after the panic returns a value built from uninitialized bytes. For a heap-owning element type such as `String`, the resulting value has garbage length/pointer fields.
Confirmed under Miri. AddressSanitizer stays silent for this class, since the uninitialized bytes are consumed as a non-dereferenced field rather than an invalid load or free.
## Fix
Fixed in `orx-split-vec` 4.0.0, which no longer commits the length before the elements are cloned.
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| crates.io | orx-split-vec | >= 0.0.0-0, < 4.0.0 | 4.0.0 | RUSTSEC-2026-0252 |