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TI-2017-14649 Aliases CVE-2017-1000430GHSA-x67x-vg9m-65c3

rust-base64 version <= 0.5.1 is vulnerable to a buffer overflow when calculating the size…

Priority MEDIUM 45CWE-119Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-119 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

rust-base64 version <= 0.5.1 is vulnerable to a buffer overflow when calculating the size of a buffer to use when encoding base64 using the 'encode_config_buf' and 'encode_config' functions

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01534 74th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed base64 (crates.io): 0.5.2

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
—base64 (crates.io)before 0.5.20.5.2Patch availableGHSA-x67x-vg9m-65c3
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • base64 (crates.io) Vendor— Affected before 0.5.2 Fixed in 0.5.2 Patch available GHSA-x67x-vg9m-65c3

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:rust-base64_project:rust-base64:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 0.5.1VulnerableRust-base64 Project
  • cpe:2.3:a:rust-base64_project:rust-base64:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 0.5.1 Vulnerable ·Rust-base64 Project

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-x67x-vg9m-65c3 base64 (crates.io) Fixed in 0.5.2 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-1000430
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-x67x-vg9m-65c3

References

Advisory 2

Other 3

Sources

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