An issue was discovered in the telemetry crate through 2021-02-17 for Rust.
Priority MEDIUM 45CWE-908Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.
Summary
An issue was discovered in the telemetry crate through 2021-02-17 for Rust. There is a drop of uninitialized memory if a value.clone() call panics within misc::vec_with_size().
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.01423 73rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed telemetry (crates.io): 0.1.3
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | telemetry (crates.io) | before 0.1.3 | 0.1.3 | Patch available | GHSA-hpcx-3pw8-g3j2 |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- telemetry (crates.io) Vendor— Affected before 0.1.3 Fixed in 0.1.3 Patch available GHSA-hpcx-3pw8-g3j2
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:telemetry_project:telemetry:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:* | up to 2021-02-17 | Vulnerable | Telemetry Project |
- cpe:2.3:a:telemetry_project:telemetry:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:* Versions up to 2021-02-17 Vulnerable ·Telemetry Project
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-hpcx-3pw8-g3j2 telemetry (crates.io) Fixed in 0.1.3 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-29937
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hpcx-3pw8-g3j2
References
Sources
- CVE-2021-29937 · CVE Program
- CVE-2021-29937 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-hpcx-3pw8-g3j2 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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