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CVE-2021-26951

CRITICALCVSS 9.8/10EPSS 1.73%

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CVE-2021-26951 is a critical-severity vulnerability rated 9.8/10 on the CVSS scale. An issue was discovered in the calamine crate before 0.17.0 for Rust. It allows attackers to overwrite heap-memory locations because Vec::set_len is used without proper memory claiming, and this uninitialized memory is used for a user-provided Read operation, as demonstrated by Sectors::get.. EPSS estimates a 1.73% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Description

An issue was discovered in the calamine crate before 0.17.0 for Rust. It allows attackers to overwrite heap-memory locations because Vec::set_len is used without proper memory claiming, and this uninitialized memory is used for a user-provided Read operation, as demonstrated by Sectors::get.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1
9.8/10

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS Probability
1.73%

74.7th percentile

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. Learn more

Weakness Enumeration

Affected Software

VendorProductVersions
Calamine ProjectCalamine< 0.17.0

References

Timeline

Published
Last Modified
Status
Modified

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2021-26951?
An issue was discovered in the calamine crate before 0.17.0 for Rust. It allows attackers to overwrite heap-memory locations because Vec::set_len is used without proper memory claiming, and this uninitialized memory is used for a user-provided Read operation, as demonstrated by Sectors::get.
How severe is CVE-2021-26951?
CVE-2021-26951 has a CVSS score of 9.8/10 (CRITICAL severity). The EPSS model estimates a 1.73% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How do I fix CVE-2021-26951?
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Source: NVD / NIST