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RUSTSEC-2021-0120:
Rust vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
An issue was discovered in the abomonation crate through 2021-10-17 for Rust, identified as RUSTSEC-2021-0120 (CVE-2021-45708). The vulnerability stems from insufficiently constrained transmute operations in the crate's implementation (NIST NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5 (HIGH) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N. The weakness is categorized as CWE-668 (Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere). The vulnerability affects all versions of the abomonation crate up to and including version 0.7.3 (NIST NVD).
Impact
The vulnerability can lead to information leakage or Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) bypass due to the insufficient constraints on transmute operations (NIST NVD).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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