CVE-2021-38191

low-risk
Published 2021-08-08

An issue was discovered in the tokio crate before 1.8.1 for Rust. Upon a JoinHandle::abort, a Task may be dropped in the wrong thread.

Do I need to act?

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0.34% 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
5
CVSS 5.9/10 Medium
NETWORK / HIGH complexity

Affected Products (2)

Tokio
Tokio

Affected Vendors

Tokio

References (4)

Third Party Advisory https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rustsec/advisory-db/main/crates/tokio/RUSTSEC-...
Exploit https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2021-0072.html
Third Party Advisory https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rustsec/advisory-db/main/crates/tokio/RUSTSEC-...
Exploit https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2021-0072.html
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/ 100
low-risk
Severity 18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal
Exposure 7/34 · Low