Unaligned Read Vulnerability in Chacha20 Encryption and Decryption

Unaligned Read Vulnerability in Chacha20 Encryption and Decryption

CVE-2021-45709 · CRITICAL Severity

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

An issue was discovered in the crypto2 crate through 2021-10-08 for Rust. During Chacha20 encryption and decryption, an unaligned read of a u32 may occur.

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