What is CVE-2021-26305?

CVE-2021-26305 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Cdr Project, classified under Use of Uninitialized Resource. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2021-01-29.

How severe is CVE-2021-26305?

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

Vulnerability in Cdr Project

CVE-2021-26305

An issue was discovered in Deserializer::read_vec in the cdr crate before 0.2.4 for Rust. A user-provided Read implementation can gain access to the old contents of newly allocated heap memory, violating soundness.

EPSS: 0.017 (74.7th 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

Cdr_project Cdr
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-908 — Use of Uninitialized Resource

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-26305?: CVE-2021-26305 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Cdr Project, classified under Use of Uninitialized Resource. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2021-01-29.
How severe is CVE-2021-26305?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.