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Reading Article 2026-06-15

How memory safety CVEs differ between Rust and C/C++

Tags: Rust / C++ / Security / Memory Safety

Source
https://kobzol.github.io/rust/2026/06/15/how-memory-safety-cves-differ-between-rust-and-c-cpp.html
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Kobzol

I am surprised that CVEs are much more strict in Rust than in C, but at the same time it absolutely makes sense to not assign certain CVEs in C because of what is highlighted in the article.