What is CVE-2021-45688?

CVE-2021-45688 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Ash-rs Ash, classified under Use of Uninitialized Resource. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2021-12-27.

How severe is CVE-2021-45688?

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

Vulnerability in Ash-rs Ash

CVE-2021-45688

An issue was discovered in the ash crate before 0.33.1 for Rust. util::read_spv may read from uninitialized memory locations.

EPSS: 0.013 (67.9th 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

Ash-rs Ash
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-908 — Use of Uninitialized Resource

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-2021-45688?: CVE-2021-45688 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Ash-rs Ash, classified under Use of Uninitialized Resource. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2021-12-27.
How severe is CVE-2021-45688?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.