Out-of-bounds Read in Compact Arena Project
CVE-2019-16139
An issue was discovered in the compact_arena crate before 0.4.0 for Rust. Generativity is mishandled, leading to an out-of-bounds write or read.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
EPSS: 0.019 (77.4th 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
- Compact_arena_project Compact_arena
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2019-16139?
- CVE-2019-16139 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Compact Arena Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-09-09.
- How severe is CVE-2019-16139?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2019-16139 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.