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CVE-2021-27378
CVE-2021-27378
PUBLISHED
An issue was discovered in the rand_core crate before 0.6.2 for Rust. Because read_u32_into and read_u64_into mishandle certain buffer-length checks, a random number generator may be seeded with too little data.
EPSS 0.47% · 64.9th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
0.47%
64.9th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:25.10 | rust-rand-core | 0, 0.6.4-2 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | rust-rand-core | 0, 0.5.1-1, 0.6.3-2 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | rust-rand-core | 0.6.4-1, 0, 0.6.3-2 |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | rust-rand-core | 0, 0.3.0-1, 0.5.1-1 |
Timeline
- Feb 12, 2021 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
- Aug 24, 2021 EPSS Score
- Dec 27, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jan 6, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 28, 2022 EPSS Score
- Apr 1, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Nov 6, 2022 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-27378 third-party-advisory
- https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2021-0023.html third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-27378 third-party-advisory