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    CVE-2021-27378

    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.

    Published:Feb 18, 2021
    Last Modified:Nov 21, 2024
    EPS:Feb 18, 2021
    EPSS Score:0.00468
    CVSS Score:9.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Rand Core Project
    Product
    Rand Core

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-100 Overflow Buffers
    CAPEC-47 Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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