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TI-2021-20773 Aliases CVE-2021-45686GHSA-9783-42pm-x5jq

An issue was discovered in the csv-sniffer crate through 2021-01-05 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 csv-sniffer crate through 2021-01-05 for Rust. preamble_skipcount may read from uninitialized memory locations.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.0123 69th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed csv-sniffer (crates.io): 0.2.0

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
—csv-sniffer (crates.io)before 0.2.00.2.0Patch availableGHSA-9783-42pm-x5jq
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • csv-sniffer (crates.io) Vendor— Affected before 0.2.0 Fixed in 0.2.0 Patch available GHSA-9783-42pm-x5jq

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:csv-sniffer_project:csv-sniffer:0.0.1:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*0.0.1VulnerableCsv-sniffer Project
cpe:2.3:a:csv-sniffer_project:csv-sniffer:0.1.1:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*0.1.1VulnerableCsv-sniffer Project
  • cpe:2.3:a:csv-sniffer_project:csv-sniffer:0.0.1:*:*:*:*:rust:*:* Versions 0.0.1 Vulnerable ·Csv-sniffer Project
  • cpe:2.3:a:csv-sniffer_project:csv-sniffer:0.1.1:*:*:*:*:rust:*:* Versions 0.1.1 Vulnerable ·Csv-sniffer Project

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-9783-42pm-x5jq csv-sniffer (crates.io) Fixed in 0.2.0 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-45686
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9783-42pm-x5jq

References

Advisory 3

Other 3

Sources

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