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CVE

CVE-2025-65947

thread-amount Vulnerable to Resource Exhaustion (Memory and Handle Leaks) on Windows and macOS
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CVE

CVE-2025-65947

thread-amount Vulnerable to Resource Exhaustion (Memory and Handle Leaks) on Windows and macOS

Affected versions of this crate contain resource leaks when querying thread counts on Windows and Apple platforms.

Windows

The thread_amount function calls CreateToolhelp32Snapshot but fails to close the returned HANDLE using CloseHandle. Repeated calls to this function will cause the handle count of the process to grow indefinitely, eventually leading to system instability or process termination when the handle limit is reached.

macOS / iOS

The thread_amount function calls task_threads (via Mach kernel APIs) which allocates memory for the thread list. The function fails to deallocate this memory using vm_deallocate. Repeated calls will result in a steady memory leak, eventually causing the process to be killed by the OOM (Out of Memory) killer.

Impact

Long-running applications (such as servers, daemons, or monitoring tools) that use this crate to periodically check thread counts will eventually crash due to resource exhaustion.

Resources

  • https://github.com/jzeuzs/thread-amount/pull/29

Package Versions Affected

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CVSS Version

Severity
Base Score
CVSS Version
Score Vector
C
H
U
8.7
-
4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
C
H
U
0
-
3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
C
H
U
7.5
-
3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Related Resources

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References

https://github.com/jzeuzs/thread-amount/security/advisories/GHSA-jf9p-2fv9-2jp2, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-65947, https://github.com/jzeuzs/thread-amount/pull/29, https://github.com/jzeuzs/thread-amount/commit/28860d4a38286609cb884c13b5b7941edc2390e5, https://github.com/jzeuzs/thread-amount, https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2025-0125.html

Severity

7.5

CVSS Score
0
10

Basic Information

Ecosystem
Base CVSS
7.5
EPSS Probability
0.00057%
EPSS Percentile
0.18%
Introduced Version
0,0.2.0,0.1.0
Fix Available
0.2.2

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