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CVE-2021-28033

• 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: 2021-03-05 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-908

Description

An issue was discovered in the byte_struct crate before 0.6.1 for Rust. There can be a drop of uninitialized memory if a certain deserialization method panics.

Affected products

• Byte Struct Project Byte Struct: before 0.6.1 — fixed in 0.6.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Byte Struct Project Byte Struct 0.6.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2021-0032.html
• https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2021-0032.html

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