CVE-2021-26955

CRITICAL

9.8

Description

An issue was discovered in the xcb crate through 2021-02-04 for Rust. It has a soundness violation because xcb::xproto::GetAtomNameReply::name() calls std::str::from_utf8_unchecked() on unvalidated bytes from an X server.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score9.8

SeverityCRITICAL

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

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published2/9/2021

Last Modified11/21/2024

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

xcb_project:xcb

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-252

References

https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2021-0019.html(cve@mitre.org)

https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2021-0019.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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