CVE-2024-27284

cassandra-rs non-idiomatic use of iterators leads to use after free

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: February 28, 2024 at 03:46 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 07:19 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsCassandra RsCassandra Rs

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.8%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

cassandra-rs is a Cassandra (CQL) driver for Rust. Code that attempts to use an item (e.g., a row) returned by an iterator after the iterator has advanced to the next item will be accessing freed memory and experience undefined behaviour. The problem has been fixed in version 3.0.0.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 3.0.0
Affected range stops below 3.0.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 3.0.0
Affected range stops below 3.0.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.5HIGHGitHub_M
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-416

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