VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2021-29932
It allows attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via a duration string with a large exponent.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 0.98%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.98%). 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 parse_duration crate through 2021-03-18 for Rust. It allows attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via a duration string with a large exponent.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.98% probability · 60th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-770
- Affected
- parse duration project/parse duration
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2021-0041.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2021-0041.htmlVendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.