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CRITICAL
CVE-2021-31162
Rust Standard Library Double Free Vulnerability
Description

In the standard library in Rust before 1.52.0, a double free can occur in the Vec::from_iter function if freeing the element panics.

INFO

Published Date :

April 14, 2021, 7:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 6:05 a.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2021-31162 has a 2 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2021-31162 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Rust-lang rust
: Total Affected Vendor : 2 | Products : 2
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2021-31162.

URL Resource
https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/83618 Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/83629 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/84603 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CZ337CM4GFJLRDFVQCGC7J25V65JXOG5/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TFUO3URYCO73D2Q4WYJBWAMJWGGVXQO4/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VZG65GUW6Z2CYOQHF7T3TB5CZKIX6ZJE/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-09 Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/83618 Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/83629 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/84603 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CZ337CM4GFJLRDFVQCGC7J25V65JXOG5/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TFUO3URYCO73D2Q4WYJBWAMJWGGVXQO4/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VZG65GUW6Z2CYOQHF7T3TB5CZKIX6ZJE/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-09 Third Party Advisory

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rkdud007/cose-451

Software Security

C Python Rust

Updated: 6 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : March 31, 2024, 7:50 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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Qwaz/rust-cve

CVEs for the Rust standard library

Rust

Updated: 1 month, 4 weeks ago
49 stars 2 fork 2 watcher
Born at : July 1, 2021, 8:28 p.m. This repo has been linked 16 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2021-31162 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2021-31162 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/83618
    Added Reference https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/83629
    Added Reference https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/84603
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CZ337CM4GFJLRDFVQCGC7J25V65JXOG5/
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TFUO3URYCO73D2Q4WYJBWAMJWGGVXQO4/
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VZG65GUW6Z2CYOQHF7T3TB5CZKIX6ZJE/
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-09
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CZ337CM4GFJLRDFVQCGC7J25V65JXOG5/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VZG65GUW6Z2CYOQHF7T3TB5CZKIX6ZJE/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TFUO3URYCO73D2Q4WYJBWAMJWGGVXQO4/ [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/CZ337CM4GFJLRDFVQCGC7J25V65JXOG5/
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/TFUO3URYCO73D2Q4WYJBWAMJWGGVXQO4/
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/VZG65GUW6Z2CYOQHF7T3TB5CZKIX6ZJE/
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 03, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-09 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-09 Third Party Advisory
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 16, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-09 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 02, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/84603 No Types Assigned https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/84603 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:rust:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 1.48.0 up to (excluding) 1.53.0 OR *cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:rust:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 1.48.0 up to (excluding) 1.52.0
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 11, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description In the standard library in Rust before 1.53.0, a double free can occur in the Vec::from_iter function if freeing the element panics. In the standard library in Rust before 1.52.0, a double free can occur in the Vec::from_iter function if freeing the element panics.
    Added Reference https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/84603 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 27, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/CZ337CM4GFJLRDFVQCGC7J25V65JXOG5/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/CZ337CM4GFJLRDFVQCGC7J25V65JXOG5/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/TFUO3URYCO73D2Q4WYJBWAMJWGGVXQO4/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/TFUO3URYCO73D2Q4WYJBWAMJWGGVXQO4/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/VZG65GUW6Z2CYOQHF7T3TB5CZKIX6ZJE/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/VZG65GUW6Z2CYOQHF7T3TB5CZKIX6ZJE/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 27, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/TFUO3URYCO73D2Q4WYJBWAMJWGGVXQO4/ [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/VZG65GUW6Z2CYOQHF7T3TB5CZKIX6ZJE/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 24, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/CZ337CM4GFJLRDFVQCGC7J25V65JXOG5/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Reanalysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 20, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/83618 Third Party Advisory https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/83618 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:rust:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.53.0 OR *cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:rust:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 1.48.0 up to (excluding) 1.53.0
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 16, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/83618 No Types Assigned https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/83618 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/83629 No Types Assigned https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/83629 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-415
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:rust:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.53.0
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2021-31162 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2021-31162 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

1.01 }} -0.68%

score

0.83505

percentile

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