CVE-2021-45681 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability (CWE-787) affecting the derive-com-impl crate for Rust, specifically versions prior to 0.1.2. The flaw stems from an invalid reference where AddRef might not be called before returning a pointer, leading to potential memory corruption. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is network-exploitable with low attack complexity, requiring no user interaction or privileges, and can result in high availability impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 0.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:derive-com-impl_project:derive-com-impl:*:*:*:*:*: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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