CVE-2021-45680
HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: December 26, 2021 at 09:53 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:13 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorVec Const
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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
An issue was discovered in the vec-const crate before 2.0.0 for Rust. It tries to construct a Vec from a pointer to a const slice, leading to memory corruption.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
95%
v < 2.0.0
Affected range stops below 2.0.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (2)
x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rustsec/advisory-db/main/crates/vec-const/RUSTSEC-2021-0082.mdx_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2021-0082.htmlCVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-787
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