CVE-2021-45689
An issue was discovered in the gfx-auxil crate through 2021-01-07 for Rust. gfx_auxil::read_spirv may read from uninitialized memory locations.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.23%). 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 gfx-auxil crate through 2021-01-07 for Rust. gfx_auxil::read_spirv may read from uninitialized memory locations.
- 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
- 1.23% probability · 69th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-908
- Affected
- gfx-auxil project/gfx-auxil
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.2% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rustsec/advisory-db/main/crates/gfx-auxil/RUSTSEC-2021-0091.mdThird Party Advisory
- https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2021-0091.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rustsec/advisory-db/main/crates/gfx-auxil/RUSTSEC-2021-0091.mdThird Party Advisory
- https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2021-0091.htmlThird Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.