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CVE-2021-45697

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-12-27 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

An issue was discovered in the molecule crate before 0.7.2 for Rust. A FixVec partial read has an incorrect result.

Affected products

• Nervos Molecule: before 0.7.2 — fixed in 0.7.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Nervos Molecule 0.7.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rustsec/advisory-db/main/crates/molecule/RUSTSEC-2021-0103.md
• https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2021-0103.html
• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rustsec/advisory-db/main/crates/molecule/RUSTSEC-2021-0103.md
• https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2021-0103.html

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