CVE-2021-45689 is a critical vulnerability affecting the gfx-auxil Rust crate, specifically in versions through 2021-01-07. The flaw, categorized as CWE-908 (Improper Initialization), allows the gfx_auxil::read_spirv function to read from uninitialized memory, potentially leading to severe consequences. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over a network without user interaction, enabling full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 0.10.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gfx-auxil_project:gfx-auxil:*:*:*:*:*: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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