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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2021-28879

In the standard library in Rust before 1.52.0, the Zip implementation can report an incorrect size due to an integer overflow.

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 2.41%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.41%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

In the standard library in Rust before 1.52.0, the Zip implementation can report an incorrect size due to an integer overflow. This bug can lead to a buffer overflow when a consumed Zip iterator is used again.

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
2.41% probability · 83th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-190
Affected
rust-lang/rust · fedoraproject/fedora
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.