What is CVE-2018-25024?

CVE-2018-25024 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Actix Actix-Web, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2021-12-27.

How severe is CVE-2018-25024?

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

Buffer overflow in Actix Actix-Web

CVE-2018-25024

An issue was discovered in the actix-web crate before 0.7.15 for Rust. It can unsoundly coerce an immutable reference into a mutable reference, leading to memory corruption.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.013 (67.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Actix Actix-web
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-25024?: CVE-2018-25024 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Actix Actix-Web, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2021-12-27.
How severe is CVE-2018-25024?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.