What is CVE-2021-38190?

CVE-2021-38190 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Dimforge Nalgebra, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2021-08-08.

How severe is CVE-2021-38190?

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

Buffer overflow in Dimforge Nalgebra

CVE-2021-38190

An issue was discovered in the nalgebra crate before 0.27.1 for Rust. It allows out-of-bounds memory access because it does not ensure that the number of elements is equal to the product of the row count and column count.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.014 (69.9th 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

Dimforge Nalgebra
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-38190?: CVE-2021-38190 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Dimforge Nalgebra, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2021-08-08.
How severe is CVE-2021-38190?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.