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CVE-2018-25025

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-12-27 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-787

Description

An issue was discovered in the actix-web crate before 0.7.15 for Rust. It can unsoundly extend the lifetime of a string, leading to memory corruption.

Affected products

• actix-web: before 0.7.15 — fixed in 0.7.15

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: actix-web 0.7.15. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rustsec/advisory-db/main/crates/actix-web/RUSTSEC-2018-0019.md
• https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2018-0019.html
• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rustsec/advisory-db/main/crates/actix-web/RUSTSEC-2018-0019.md
• https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2018-0019.html

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