partial_sort contains Out-of-bounds Read in release mode
Affected versions of this crate were using a debug assertion to validate the last parameter of partial_sort(). This would allow invalid inputs to cause an out-of-bounds read instead of immediately panicking, when compiled without debug assertions. All writes are bounds-checked, so the out-of-bounds memory access is read-only. This also means that the first attempted out-of-bounds write will panic, limiting the possible reads. The accessible region is further limited by an …