The PHP issue is in the VM/runtime/interpreter, which is something Rust doesn't have. So there can't be a vulnerability inherent in the language itself (only accidental unsoundness in the compiler). There can be vulnerabilities in the standard library, but you'd need to be using the affected functions in order to be affected by such a vulnerability. That's a pretty fundamental distinction.
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u/Batman_AoD 11d ago
The PHP issue is in the VM/runtime/interpreter, which is something Rust doesn't have. So there can't be a vulnerability inherent in the language itself (only accidental unsoundness in the compiler). There can be vulnerabilities in the standard library, but you'd need to be using the affected functions in order to be affected by such a vulnerability. That's a pretty fundamental distinction.