rustsec-2025-0025
Vulnerability from osv_rustsec
Published
2025-04-28 12:00
Modified
2025-04-28 13:38
Summary
rustc-serialize is unmaintained
Details

rustc-serialize will no longer be maintained as declared by the developer. By fuzzing the package, we can identify multiple vulnerabilities. The project has been archived and cannot submit issues. The developer has recommended using the serde crate instead.

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "database_specific": {
        "categories": [],
        "cvss": null,
        "informational": "unmaintained"
      },
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "affected_functions": null,
        "affects": {
          "arch": [],
          "functions": [],
          "os": []
        }
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "crates.io",
        "name": "rustc-serialize",
        "purl": "pkg:cargo/rustc-serialize"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0.0.0-0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "SEMVER"
        }
      ],
      "versions": []
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "database_specific": {
    "license": "CC0-1.0"
  },
  "details": "`rustc-serialize` will no longer be maintained as declared by the developer. By fuzzing the package, we can identify multiple vulnerabilities.\nThe project has been archived and cannot submit issues. The developer has recommended using the `serde` crate instead.",
  "id": "RUSTSEC-2025-0025",
  "modified": "2025-04-28T13:38:14Z",
  "published": "2025-04-28T12:00:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://crates.io/crates/rustc-serialize"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2025-0025.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/rust-lang-deprecated/rustc-serialize/issues"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "severity": [],
  "summary": "rustc-serialize is unmaintained"
}


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