What is CVE-2017-1000430?

CVE-2017-1000430 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Rust-Base64 Project, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-01-02.

How severe is CVE-2017-1000430?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2017-1000430 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Rust-Base64 Project

CVE-2017-1000430

rust-base64 version <= 0.5.1 is vulnerable to a buffer overflow when calculating the size of a buffer to use when encoding base64 using the 'encode_config_buf' and 'encode_config' functions

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.015 (72.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Rust-base64_project Rust-base64
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-1000430?: CVE-2017-1000430 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Rust-Base64 Project, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-01-02.
How severe is CVE-2017-1000430?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-1000430 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.