Integer Overflow Vulnerability in Rust's Zip Implementation Leading to Buffer Overflow

Integer Overflow Vulnerability in Rust's Zip Implementation Leading to Buffer Overflow

CVE-2021-28879 · CRITICAL Severity

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

In the standard library in Rust before 1.52.0, the Zip implementation can report an incorrect size due to an integer overflow. This bug can lead to a buffer overflow when a consumed Zip iterator is used again.

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