Bytes is vulnerable to integer overflow in BytesMut::reserve_CVE-2026-25541

5.5 / 10

MEDIUM

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P

Description

Bytes is a utility library for working with bytes. From version 1.2.1 to before 1.11.1, Bytes is vulnerable to integer overflow in BytesMut::reserve. In the unique reclaim path of BytesMut::reserve, if the condition "v_capacity >= new_cap + offset" uses an unchecked addition. When new_cap + offset overflows usize in release builds, this condition may incorrectly pass, causing self.cap to be set to a value that exceeds the actual allocated capacity. Subsequent APIs such as spare_capacity_mut() then trust this corrupted cap value and may create out-of-bounds slices, leading to UB. This behavior is observable in release builds (integer overflow wraps), whereas debug builds panic due to overflow checks. This issue has been patched in version 1.11.1.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-25541

Source GitHub_M

Published Feb 4, 2026 at 22:03

Affected Product

Vendor tokio-rs

Product bytes

Version >= 1.2.1, < 1.11.1

Affected Versions tokio-rs bytes >= 1.2.1, < 1.11.1

CWE Classification

CWE-680

References

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