CVE-2021-45685 is a critical vulnerability affecting the columnar crate for Rust, specifically impacting versions through 2021-01-07. The flaw, categorized as CWE-908 (Use of Uninitialized Value), allows the ColumnarReadExt::read_typed_vec function to read from uninitialized memory locations. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), this vulnerability presents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high potential for confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. Despite its critical severity, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 0.0.19CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:columnar_project:columnar:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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