CVE-2021-28036
HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: March 5, 2021 at 08:38 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:45 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorQuinn
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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
An issue was discovered in the quinn crate before 0.7.0 for Rust. It may have invalid memory access for certain versions of the standard library because it relies on a direct cast of std::net::SocketAddrV4 and std::net::SocketAddrV6 data structures.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Quinn· Quinn Projectcargo
95%v < 0.5.40.6.0 ≤ v < 0.6.2
Affected range stops below 0.5.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 0.6.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (1)
x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2021-0035.htmlCVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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