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CVE-2021-28032

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-28032 is a critical vulnerability affecting the nano_arena crate for Rust, specifically versions prior to 0.5.2. It stems from an aliasing violation in the split_at function, allowing two mutable references to the same element, which can lead to out-of-bounds writes or use-after-free conditions. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with no user interaction, potentially resulting in complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is currently no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 0.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:nano_arena_project:nano_arena:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.38%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
69.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0138 is in the 56th percentile among its peer group of 36,897 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

rustpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: nano_arenaFixed in: 0.5.2

Vendor Advisories (1)

rustGHSA-wp34-mqw5-jj85critical

Use after free in nano_arena

Aug 25, 2021

References

rustsec.org / advisories/RUSTSEC-2021-0031.html
ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory