CVE-2018-1000810
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 3% (pctl 87)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
Description
The Rust Programming Language Standard Library version 1.29.0, 1.28.0, 1.27.2, 1.27.1, 127.0, 126.2, 126.1, 126.0 contains a CWE-680: Integer Overflow to Buffer Overflow vulnerability in standard library that can result in buffer overflow. This attack appear to be exploitable via str::repeat, passed a large number, can overflow an internal buffer. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 1.29.1.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 2.99% — more likely to be exploited than 87% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-190 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2018-10-08 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| rust-lang | rust |
References
- https://blog.rust-lang.org/2018/09/21/Security-advisory-for-std.html
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/rustlang-security-announcements/CmSuTm-SaU0
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201812-11
- https://blog.rust-lang.org/2018/09/21/Security-advisory-for-std.html
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/rustlang-security-announcements/CmSuTm-SaU0
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201812-11
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