Vulnerability in Casualx Obfstr

CVE-2024-58253

In the obfstr crate before 0.4.4 for Rust, the obfstr! argument type is not restricted to string slices, leading to invalid UTF-8 conversion that produces an invalid value.

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CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 2.9 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (5.5th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 6th percentile — 5.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2024-58253: held from 0.002 to 0.002.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-58253?
CVE-2024-58253 is a low-severity vulnerability in Casualx Obfstr, classified under Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type (Type Confusion). CVSS score: 2.9/10. Published 2025-05-02.
How severe is CVE-2024-58253?
Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 2.9 out of 10.