CVE-2021-26958

HIGH

8.8

Description

An issue was discovered in the xcb crate through 2021-02-04 for Rust. It has a soundness violation because transmutation to the wrong type can happen after xcb::base::cast_event uses std::mem::transmute to return a reference to an arbitrary type.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score8.8

SeverityHIGH

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

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredLOW

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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