CVE-2021-45703 is a critical vulnerability affecting the tectonic_xdv crate before version 0.1.12 in Rust, where the XdvParser::<T>::process function can read from uninitialized memory. This flaw carries a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), indicating it can be exploited remotely without user interaction, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage, suggesting a low current threat landscape.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 0.1.12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:tectonic_xdv_project:tectonic_xdv:*:*:*:*:*: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
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.
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.