Rust advisories / renderdoc
Vulnerability CriticalRUSTSEC-2019-0018 · renderdoc
RUSTSEC-2019-0018: Internally mutating methods take immutable ref self
Short answerA security vulnerability in the renderdoc crate: Internally mutating methods take immutable ref self. Critical severity (CVSS 9.8). Fixed in 0.5.0: update to a fixed version.
| Crate | renderdoc |
|---|---|
| Type | Vulnerability |
| Affected versions | Before 0.5.0. |
| Fixed in | 0.5.0 |
| Severity | Critical, CVSS 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| Published | 2019-09-02 |
| Last changed | 2023-11-08 |
| Also known as | CVE-2019-16142, GHSA-vhfr-v4w9-45v8 |
| Affected functions | renderdoc::api::RenderDocV110::trigger_multi_frame_capture, renderdoc::api::RenderDocV120::set_capture_file_comments |
What to do
- See which version you have:
cargo tree -i renderdoc(it also shows which of your dependencies pulls it in). - Update within your version requirement:
cargo update -p renderdoc. If the fix is a newer major or minor than your requirement allows, raise it in Cargo.toml (for examplerenderdoc = "0.5.0") or update the dependency that pulls it in. - Check again with
cargo audit, or paste your Cargo.lock into our Cargo.toml checker.
Details from the advisory
Affected versions of this crate exposed several methods which took self by immutable reference, despite the requesting the RenderDoc API to set a mutable value internally.
This is technically unsound and calling these methods from multiple threads without synchronization could lead to unexpected and unpredictable behavior.
The flaw was corrected in release 0.5.0.
References
- Package: crates.io/crates/renderdoc
- Advisory: rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2019-0018.html
- Web: github.com/ebkalderon/renderdoc-rs/pull/32
From the RustSec Advisory Database (CC0-1.0) via the OSV export, downloaded Oct 24, 2026. Severity score computed from the published CVSS vector.
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