Security context
What an agent needs to avoid regressing past fixes and find the next vuln in this repo.
google/re2
main @ 972a15c
1
Fixes
0
CVEs
HIGH
Peak severity
Highlights
Memory Safety: 1 prior fix. Scrutinize any change in this area.
util/strutil.cc: most-fixed (1 issue). Treat as high-risk during review.
1 high-severity fix in this history; regressions here are high-impact.
Recurring patterns
The bug types that recur here, drawn from past fixes, not open vulnerabilities.
Memory Safety: An off-by-one error in string escaping utilities can allow writing a terminating null byte past the allocated destination buffer boundary, leading to memory corruption or instability. Developers should use safer alternatives like snprintf or perform strict size checks before invoking formatting sinks.