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CVE-2021-45686

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-45686 is a critical vulnerability affecting the csv-sniffer crate for Rust, where the preamble_skipcount function can read from uninitialized memory locations. This flaw carries a CVSS score of 9.8, indicating a severe risk with network-based attacks requiring no user interaction, potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:csv-sniffer_project:csv-sniffer:0.0.1:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
0.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:csv-sniffer_project:csv-sniffer:0.1.1:*:*:*:*: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
1.19%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
64.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0119 is in the 51st percentile among its peer group of 36,833 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: csv-snifferFixed in: 0.2.0

Vendor Advisories (1)

rustGHSA-9783-42pm-x5jqcritical

Use of Uninitialized Resource in csv-sniffer.

Jan 6, 2022

References

raw.githubusercontent.com / rustsec/advisory-db/main/crates/csv-sniffer/RUSTSEC-2021-0088.md
Third Party Advisory
rustsec.org / advisories/RUSTSEC-2021-0088.html
Third Party Advisory