What is CVE-2021-45704?

CVE-2021-45704 is a high-severity vulnerability in Metrics-Util Project, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2021-12-27.

How severe is CVE-2021-45704?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Metrics-Util Project

CVE-2021-45704

An issue was discovered in the metrics-util crate before 0.7.0 for Rust. There is a data race and memory corruption because AtomicBucket<T> unconditionally implements the Send and Sync traits.

Vulnerability class: Race Condition

EPSS: 0.007 (50.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Metrics-util_project Metrics-util
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

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-2021-45704?: CVE-2021-45704 is a high-severity vulnerability in Metrics-Util Project, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2021-12-27.
How severe is CVE-2021-45704?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.