Insecure Deserialization and Memory-Based Confusion Attacks in Boost Serialization

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5/5
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Issue type
Bug
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Needs clarification
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Tech stack
cpp
Domain
security

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Start with issue #331 and the available description of the Boost Serialization vulnerability. The technical details are temporarily redacted and discussion with maintainers is ongoing, so no file, test, entry point, or completion condition is identified yet.

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An issue was discovered in Boost Serialization v1.89.0 and below. Insecure deserialization of untrusted input under certain conditions may lead to type confusion and ownership confusion, -- redacted --.

-- details redacted temporarily, discussion with maintainers ongoing --

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