# CVE-2021-26305: An issue was discovered in Deserializer::read\_vec in the cdr crate before 0.2.4 for Rust.

- Also known as: RUSTSEC-2021-0012, GHSA-37JJ-WP7G-7WJ4
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.2.4
- Published: 2021-01-29 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- cdr (crates.io): from 0.0.0-0, fixed in 0.2.4
- cdr (crates.io): fixed in 0.2.4

## Description

An issue was discovered in Deserializer::read_vec in the cdr crate before 0.2.4 for Rust. A user-provided Read implementation can gain access to the old contents of newly allocated heap memory, violating soundness.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, cdr, upgrade to a fixed version (0.2.4) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2021-0012.html

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