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Out-of-bounds read In ascii

Description

Ascii (crate) allows out-of-bounds array indexing in safe code Affected version of this crate had implementation of From<&mut AsciiStr> for &mut [u8] and &mut str. This can result in out-of-bounds array indexing in safe code.

The flaw was corrected in commit 8a6c779 by removing those impls.

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

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