VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2021-28033
There can be a drop of uninitialized memory if a certain deserialization method panics.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 1.17%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.17%). 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 byte_struct crate before 0.6.1 for Rust. There can be a drop of uninitialized memory if a certain deserialization method panics.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.17% probability · 66th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-908
- Affected
- byte struct project/byte struct
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2021-0032.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2021-0032.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.