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CVE-2021-45706

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% 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-459

Description

An issue was discovered in the zeroize_derive crate before 1.1.1 for Rust. Dropped memory is not zeroed out for an enum.

Affected products

• Zeroize Derive Project Zeroize Derive: before 1.1.1 — fixed in 1.1.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Zeroize Derive Project Zeroize Derive 1.1.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rustsec/advisory-db/main/crates/zeroize_derive/RUSTSEC-2021-0115.md
• https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2021-0115.html
• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rustsec/advisory-db/main/crates/zeroize_derive/RUSTSEC-2021-0115.md
• https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2021-0115.html

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