CVE-2021-29938 is a high-severity double-free vulnerability (CWE-415) affecting the slice-deque crate for Rust, specifically in the SliceDeque::drain_filter function when a predicate function panics. This flaw allows for a denial of service (A:H) with low attack complexity (AC:L) and no user interaction (UI:N), making it remotely exploitable (AV:N). Despite its high CVSS score of 7.5, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2021-02-19CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:slice-deque_project:slice-deque:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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