CVE-2022-35922

Memory allocation based on untrusted length in rust-websocket

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: August 1, 2022 at 09:35 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:52 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsFedoraRust WebsocketRust Websocket

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

Rust-WebSocket is a WebSocket (RFC6455) library written in Rust. In versions prior to 0.26.5 untrusted websocket connections can cause an out-of-memory (OOM) process abort in a client or a server. The root cause of the issue is during dataframe parsing. Affected versions would allocate a buffer based on the declared dataframe size, which may come from an untrusted source. When `Vec::with_capacity` fails to allocate, the default Rust allocator will abort the current process, killing all threads. This affects only sync (non-Tokio) implementation. Async version also does not limit memory, but does not use `with_capacity`, so DoS can happen only when bytes for oversized dataframe or message actually got delivered by the attacker. The crashes are fixed in version 0.26.5 by imposing default dataframe size limits. Affected users are advised to update to this version. Users unable to upgrade are advised to filter websocket traffic externally or to only accept trusted traffic.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 0.26.5
Affected range stops below 0.26.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 0.26.5
Affected range stops below 0.26.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.5HIGHGitHub_M
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-400CWE-770

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