Vulnerability · Published May 3, 2021 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2021-31996
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.0% (higher than 62% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.0%top 38.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
An issue was discovered in the algorithmica crate through 2021-03-07 for Rust. There is a double free in merge_sort::merge().
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2021-0053.html x_refsource_MISC