What is the CVSS score of CVE-2021-38192?

CVE-2021-38192 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.5 (High). CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H. EPSS exploitation probability: 1.1%.

Is there a public PoC exploit available for CVE-2021-38192?

Yes, a public proof-of-concept exploit is available for CVE-2021-38192. Prioritise patching immediately. EPSS: 1.1%.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2021-38192?

Yes, a patch is available for CVE-2021-38192. Update the affected software to the latest version immediately.

Prost CVE-2021-38192

HIGH

Classic Buffer Overflow (CWE-120)

2021-08-08 cve@mitre.org

Buffer Overflow Prost

7.5

CVSS 3.1 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

7.5 HIGH

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

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Lifecycle Timeline

CVE Published

Aug 08, 2021 - 06:15 nvd

HIGH 7.5

DescriptionNVD

An issue was discovered in the prost-types crate before 0.8.0 for Rust. An overflow can occur during conversion from Timestamp to SystemTime.

AnalysisAI

An issue was discovered in the prost-types crate before 0.8.0 for Rust. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified as Buffer Copy without Size Check (CWE-120), which allows attackers to overflow a buffer to corrupt adjacent memory. An issue was discovered in the prost-types crate before 0.8.0 for Rust. An overflow can occur during conversion from Timestamp to SystemTime. Affected products include: Prost Project Prost. Version information: before 0.8.0.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Always validate buffer sizes before copy operations. Use bounded functions (strncpy, snprintf). Enable compiler protections.