safe-transmute Crate up to 0.10.0 on Rust Argument memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in safe-transmute Crate up to 0.10.0 on Rust. The impacted element is an unknown function. This manipulation as part of Argument causes memory corruption. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2018-21000. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in safe-transmute Crate up to 0.10.0 on Rust (Rust Package). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation as part of a Argument leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

An issue was discovered in the safe-transmute crate before 0.10.1 for Rust. A constructor's arguments are in the wrong order, causing heap memory corruption.

The weakness was published 08/26/2019. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-21000 since 08/25/2019. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 256758 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2018-21000), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 0.10.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (256758). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.4

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 256758
Nessus Name: Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2018-21000

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: safe-transmute Crate 0.10.1
Patch: github.com

Timelineinfo

08/25/2019 🔍
08/26/2019 +1 days 🔍
08/27/2019 +1 days 🔍
08/28/2025 +2193 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: github.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2018-21000 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-21000
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-140785

Entryinfo

Created: 08/27/2019 07:14
Updated: 08/28/2025 04:00
Changes: 08/27/2019 07:14 (37), 08/06/2020 09:24 (18), 12/04/2023 08:47 (5), 08/28/2025 04:00 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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