ubuntu-cve-2021-28879
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2021-04-11 20:15
Modified
2026-04-22 07:39
Summary
Details

In the standard library in Rust before 1.52.0, the Zip implementation can report an incorrect size due to an integer overflow. This bug can lead to a buffer overflow when a consumed Zip iterator is used again.

Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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  "aliases": [],
  "details": "In the standard library in Rust before 1.52.0, the Zip implementation can report an incorrect size due to an integer overflow. This bug can lead to a buffer overflow when a consumed Zip iterator is used again.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2021-28879",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:39:58Z",
  "published": "2021-04-11T20:15:00Z",
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    {
      "score": "medium",
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  ]
}



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