VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2019-16882
It allows attackers to read from memory locations associated with dangling pointers, because of a cloning flaw.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 1.55%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.55%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
An issue was discovered in the string-interner crate before 0.7.1 for Rust. It allows attackers to read from memory locations associated with dangling pointers, because of a cloning flaw.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.55% probability · 74th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-416
- Affected
- string-interner project/string-interner
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2019-0023.htmlExploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2019-0023.htmlExploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.