VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2021-45680
It tries to construct a Vec from a pointer to a const slice, leading to memory corruption.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 1.05%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.05%). 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 vec-const crate before 2.0.0 for Rust. It tries to construct a Vec from a pointer to a const slice, leading to memory corruption.
- 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
- 1.05% probability · 62th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- vec-const project/vec-const
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rustsec/advisory-db/main/crates/vec-const/RUSTSEC-2021-0082.mdThird Party Advisory
- https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2021-0082.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rustsec/advisory-db/main/crates/vec-const/RUSTSEC-2021-0082.mdThird Party Advisory
- https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2021-0082.htmlThird Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.