CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-45720

Use After Free

Published: Dec 26, 2021 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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An issue was discovered in the lru crate before 0.7.1 for Rust. The iterators have a use-after-free, as demonstrated by an access after a pop operation.

Weakness

The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory “belongs” to the code that operates on the new pointer.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
LruLru_project*0.7.1 (excluding)
Rust-lru-cacheUbuntutrusty*
Rust-lru-cacheUbuntuxenial*

Potential Mitigations

References