CVE-2018-1000810

moderate-risk
Published 2018-10-08

The Rust Programming Language Standard Library version 1.29.0, 1.28.0, 1.27.2, 1.27.1, 127.0, 126.2, 126.1, 126.0 contains a CWE-680: Integer Overflow to Buffer Overflow vulnerability in standard library that can result in buffer overflow. This attack appear to be exploitable via str::repeat, passed a large number, can overflow an internal buffer. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 1.29.1.

Do I need to act?

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0.62% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
9
CVSS 9.8/10 Critical
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (8)

Affected Vendors

Rust-Lang

References (6)

Vendor Advisory https://blog.rust-lang.org/2018/09/21/Security-advisory-for-std.html
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/rustlang-security-announcements/CmSuTm...
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201812-11
Vendor Advisory https://blog.rust-lang.org/2018/09/21/Security-advisory-for-std.html
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/rustlang-security-announcements/CmSuTm...
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201812-11
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moderate-risk
Severity 32/34 · Critical
Exploitability 2/34 · Minimal
Exposure 14/34 · Moderate