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
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.014 (71.7th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 72nd percentile — 71.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.014 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2021-0070.html (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- raw.githubusercontent.com/rustsec/advisory-db/main/crates/nalgebra/RUSTSEC-2021… (Third Party Advisory)
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.