Vulnerability Details : CVE-2018-20998
An issue was discovered in the arrayfire crate before 3.6.0 for Rust. Addition of the repr() attribute to an enum is mishandled, leading to memory corruption.
Vulnerability category: OverflowMemory Corruption
Products affected by CVE-2018-20998
- cpe:2.3:a:arrayfire:arrayfire:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2018-20998
0.22%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 60 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2018-20998
| Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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7.5
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HIGH | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
10.0
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6.4
|
NIST | |
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9.8
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CRITICAL | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
3.9
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5.9
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NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2018-20998
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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.Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
References for CVE-2018-20998
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https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2018-0011.html
RUSTSEC-2018-0011: arrayfire: Enum repr causing potential memory corruption › RustSec Advisory DatabaseThird Party Advisory
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