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RUSTSEC-2021-0065:
Rust vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The vulnerability (RUSTSEC-2021-0065) was discovered in the anymap crate through version 0.12.1 for Rust. The issue involves a soundness violation through the unsafe conversion of a u8 pointer to a u64 pointer (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as a CWE-681 (Incorrect Conversion between Numeric Types) issue. It has received a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 9.8 (CRITICAL) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H, indicating high severity across confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts (NVD).
Impact
The vulnerability could potentially lead to memory corruption due to incorrect pointer type conversion. Given the CRITICAL CVSS score and vector string, successful exploitation could result in complete system compromise with high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
Users should upgrade to a version newer than 0.12.1 of the anymap crate. The vulnerability affects all versions up to and including 0.12.1 (NVD).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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