Memory safety CVEs differ between Rust and C/C++

The article explains that while both Rust and C/C++ can have memory safety vulnerabilities, they differ fundamentally in how they occur and are reported. In C/C++, memory safety bugs can happen accidentally in safe code (like passing a NULL pointer to a library function), whereas in Rust, unsafe behavior typically requires explicit use of the `unsafe` keyword, making vulnerabilities in Rust more intentional and traceable. This key distinction means that comparing raw CVE numbers between Rust and C/C++ software is misleading, as the nature and preventability of memory safety issues differ significantly between the languages.