# CVE-2019-16138: An issue was discovered in the image crate before 0.21.3 for Rust, affecting the HDR image format decoder.

- Also known as: GHSA-M2PF-HPRP-3VQM, RUSTSEC-2019-0014
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.21.3
- Published: 2019-09-09 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- image (crates.io): from 0.10.2, fixed in 0.21.3

## Description

An issue was discovered in the image crate before 0.21.3 for Rust, affecting the HDR image format decoder. Vec::set_len is called on an uninitialized vector, leading to a use-after-free and arbitrary code execution.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, image, upgrade to a fixed version (0.21.3) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2019-0014.html
- https://github.com/image-rs/image/pull/985

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