CVE-2021-26951

Published Feb 9, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 9.8 Critical EPSS 1.7% KEV · Not listed
Description
An issue was discovered in the calamine crate before 0.17.0 for Rust. It allows attackers to overwrite heap-memory locations because Vec::set_len is used without proper memory claiming, and this uninitialized memory is used for a user-provided Read operation, as demonstrated by Sectors::get.

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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-1826 An issue was discovered in the calamine crate before 0.17.0 for Rust. It allows attackers to overwrite heap-memory locations because Vec::set_len is used without proper memory claiming, and this uninitialized memory is used for a user-provided Read operation, as demonstrated by Sectors::get.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-ppqp-78xx-3r38 Out of bounds write in calamine
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 3, 2024, 8:33 PM
Reserved
Feb 9, 2021, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Feb 9, 2021, 11:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 3:44 AM