VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2021-38190
It allows out-of-bounds memory access because it does not ensure that the number of elements is equal to the product of the row count and column count.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 1.41%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.41%). 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 nalgebra crate before 0.27.1 for Rust. It allows out-of-bounds memory access because it does not ensure that the number of elements is equal to the product of the row count and column count.
- 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
- 1.41% probability · 71th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- dimforge/nalgebra
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rustsec/advisory-db/main/crates/nalgebra/RUSTSEC-2021-0070.mdThird Party Advisory
- https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2021-0070.htmlExploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rustsec/advisory-db/main/crates/nalgebra/RUSTSEC-2021-0070.mdThird Party Advisory
- https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2021-0070.htmlExploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.