CVE-2021-26958

CVSS V2 Medium 6.5 CVSS V3 High 8.8

Description

An issue was discovered in the xcb crate through 2021-02-04 for Rust. It has a soundness violation because transmutation to the wrong type can happen after xcb::base::cast_event uses std::mem::transmute to return a reference to an arbitrary type.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2021-26958

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2021-02-09T23:15:14

Last Modified Date
2021-02-18T14:53:40

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-252	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/252.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:xcb_project:xcb::::::rust::*	1	OR		2021-02-04

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL

Integrity Impact
PARTIAL

Availability Impact
PARTIAL

Base Score
6.5

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
8

Impact Score
6.4

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.1

Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
LOW

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
HIGH

Availability Impact
HIGH

Base Score
8.8

Base Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
2.8

Impact Score
5.9

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2021-0019.html	Exploit Vendor Advisory

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-26958
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-26958

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 07:22:38				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-05 21:47:34	2021-02-09T23:15Z	2021-02-09T23:15:14	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-05 21:47:34		2021-02-18T14:53:40	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-05 21:47:34		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated