CVE-2018-1000657: rust-lang rust

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-1000657 is a high (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in rust-lang rust. EPSS estimates a 0.54% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 44.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 20-08-2018
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 05-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Rust Programming Language Rust standard library version Commit bfa0e1f58acf1c28d500c34ed258f09ae021893e and later; stable release 1.3.0 and later contains a Buffer Overflow vulnerability in std::collections::vec_deque::VecDeque::reserve() function that can result in Arbitrary code execution, but no proof-of-concept exploit is currently published.. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in after commit fdfafb510b1a38f727e920dccbeeb638d39a8e60; stable release 1.22.0 and later.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.