CVE-2021-38192 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An issue was discovered in the prost-types crate before 0.8.0 for Rust. An overflow can occur during conversion from Timestamp to SystemTime.

Published: 2021-08-08

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 1.1% Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:prost_project:prost:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-1927	An issue was discovered in the prost-types crate before 0.8.0 for Rust. An overflow can occur during conversion from Timestamp to SystemTime.
Github GHSA	GHSA-x4qm-mcjq-v2gf	Overflow in prost-types

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01103.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rustsec/advisory-db/main/crates/prost-types/RUSTSEC-2021-0073.md
https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2021-0073.html

History

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Subscriptions

Prost Project Prost

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2021-08-08T05:09:14.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T01:37:16.331Z

Reserved: 2021-08-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-38192

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-08-08T06:15:09.007

Modified: 2026-06-17T04:01:43.877

Link: CVE-2021-38192

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-120
Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

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