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TI-2019-12125 Aliases CVE-2019-16138GHSA-m2pf-hprp-3vqm

An issue was discovered in the image crate before 0.21.3 for Rust, affecting the HDR…

Priority MEDIUM 47CWE-416Published · 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 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-416 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02478 84th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed image (crates.io): 0.21.3

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
—image (crates.io)0.10.2 to before 0.21.30.21.3Patch availableGHSA-m2pf-hprp-3vqm
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • image (crates.io) Vendor— Affected 0.10.2 to before 0.21.3 Fixed in 0.21.3 Patch available GHSA-m2pf-hprp-3vqm

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:image-rs:image:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.10.2 to before 0.21.3VulnerableImage-rs
  • cpe:2.3:a:image-rs:image:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.10.2 to before 0.21.3 Vulnerable ·Image-rs

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-m2pf-hprp-3vqm image (crates.io) Fixed in 0.21.3 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-16138
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-m2pf-hprp-3vqm

References

Patch 1

Advisory 2

Other 1

  • TI-2020-18359 An issue was discovered in the image crate before 0.23.12 for Rust. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5

Sources

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