Buffer overflow in Safe-Transmute Project
CVE-2018-21000
An issue was discovered in the safe-transmute crate before 0.10.1 for Rust. A constructor's arguments are in the wrong order, causing heap memory corruption.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.020 (80.3th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 80th percentile — 80.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.020 · newest: 0.020 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2018-0013.html (Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/nabijaczleweli/safe-transmute-rs/pull/36 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-21000?
- CVE-2018-21000 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Safe-Transmute Project, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-08-26.
- How severe is CVE-2018-21000?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2018-21000 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.