CVE-2021-28879

rust: integer overflow in the Zip implementation can lead to a buffer overflow

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

9.8

CVSS 3.1

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Published · March 5, 2021

Updated · August 9, 2026

Description

In the standard library in Rust before 1.52.0, the Zip implementation can report an incorrect size due to an integer overflow. This bug can lead to a buffer overflow when a consumed Zip iterator is used again.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 9.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE-190 · Integer Overflow or Wraparound