CVE-2021-38190

Published: Aug 8, 2021Modified: Jun 17, 2026

9.8

Vector

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

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 5.9

Source: NVD

Description

An issue was discovered in the nalgebra crate before 0.27.1 for Rust. It allows out-of-bounds memory access because it does not ensure that the number of elements is equal to the product of the row count and column count.

Affected (1)

Products: Dimforge: Nalgebra

Dimforge

1 product

Nalgebra

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Dimforge Nalgebra	Before 0.27.1

Related CWEs

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

References (4)

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rustsec/advisory-db/main/crates/nalgebra/RUSTSEC-2021-0070.md

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2021-0070.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rustsec/advisory-db/main/crates/nalgebra/RUSTSEC-2021-0070.md

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2021-0070.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory

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