CVE-2021-27378
Published Feb 18, 2021
Last updated 2 years ago
Overview
- Description
- An issue was discovered in the rand_core crate before 0.6.2 for Rust. Because read_u32_into and read_u64_into mishandle certain buffer-length checks, a random number generator may be seeded with too little data.
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
- NVD status
- Analyzed
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Risk scores
CVSS 3.1
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 9.8
- Impact score
- 5.9
- Exploitability score
- 3.9
- Vector string
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Severity
- CRITICAL
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 7.5
- Impact score
- 6.4
- Exploitability score
- 10
- Vector string
- AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- CWE-131
Configurations
[
{
"nodes": [
{
"negate": false,
"cpeMatch": [
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:rand_core_project:rand_core:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "76C21C9D-DDFF-4143-B2FB-8C5869812D61",
"versionEndExcluding": "0.6.2",
"versionStartIncluding": "0.6.0"
}
],
"operator": "OR"
}
]
}
]