CVE-2026-25541CWE-680

Bytes is vulnerable to integer overflow in BytesMut::reserve

Medium · published February 4, 2026

CVSS v4.0
5.5
EPSS
1%
Percentile
48.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
5.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
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
EPSS
0.00610 · 48.6th percentile
Weakness
CWE-680 · Integer Overflow to Buffer Overflow
Published
2026-02-04T22:03Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 04 FEB 22:03Z
    Bytes is vulnerable to integer overflow in BytesMut::reserve
    cvelistv5