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CVE-2021-26953

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2021-02-09 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-908

Description

An issue was discovered in the postscript crate before 0.14.0 for Rust. It might allow attackers to obtain sensitive information from uninitialized memory locations via a user-provided Read implementation.

Affected products

• Postscript Project Postscript: before 0.14.0 — fixed in 0.14.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Postscript Project Postscript 0.14.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2021-0017.html
• https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2021-0017.html

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