CVE-2021-45688 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An issue was discovered in the ash crate before 0.33.1 for Rust. util::read_spv may read from uninitialized memory locations.

Published: 2021-12-26

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ash-rs:ash:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-0476	An issue was discovered in the ash crate before 0.33.1 for Rust. util::read_spv may read from uninitialized memory locations.
Github GHSA	GHSA-64wv-8vwp-xgw2	Use of Uninitialized Resource in ash.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00433.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rustsec/advisory-db/main/crates/ash/RUSTSEC-2021-0090.md
https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2021-0090.html

History

Tue, 30 Sep 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Ash-rs Ash-rs ash
CPEs	cpe:2.3:a:ash_project:ash::::::rust::*	cpe:2.3:a:ash-rs:ash::::::rust::*
Vendors & Products	Ash Project Ash Project ash	Ash-rs Ash-rs ash

Subscriptions

Ash-rs Ash

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2021-12-26T21:51:47.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T04:47:02.011Z

Reserved: 2021-12-26T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-45688

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2021-12-27T00:15:09.163

Modified: 2025-09-30T19:14:11.573

Link: CVE-2021-45688

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-908

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