What is CVE-2021-45680?

CVE-2021-45680 is a high-severity vulnerability in Vec-Const Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2021-12-27.

How severe is CVE-2021-45680?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Vec-Const Project

CVE-2021-45680

An issue was discovered in the vec-const crate before 2.0.0 for Rust. It tries to construct a Vec from a pointer to a const slice, leading to memory corruption.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.011 (60.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Vec-const_project Vec-const
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

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-2021-45680?: CVE-2021-45680 is a high-severity vulnerability in Vec-Const Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2021-12-27.
How severe is CVE-2021-45680?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.