Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Aug 8, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-38190
CVE-2021-38190
Description
An issue was discovered in the nalgebra crate before 0.27.1 for Rust. It allows out-of-bounds memory access because it does not ensure that the number of elements is equal to the product of the row count and column count.
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Affected packages
Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|---|---|
nalgebracrates.io | >= 0.11.0, < 0.27.1 | 0.27.1 |
Affected products
3- nalgebra/nalgebradescription
Patches
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References
8- rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2021-0070.htmlnvdExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party AdvisoryWEB
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-3w8g-xr3f-2mp8ghsaADVISORY
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38190ghsaADVISORY
- raw.githubusercontent.com/rustsec/advisory-db/main/crates/nalgebra/RUSTSEC-2021-0070.mdnvdThird Party Advisory
- github.com/dimforge/nalgebra/blob/dev/CHANGELOG.mdghsaWEB
- github.com/dimforge/nalgebra/commit/a803271fcce75b7c151e92aa099dfa546db4adc5ghsaWEB
- github.com/dimforge/nalgebra/issues/883ghsaWEB
- github.com/dimforge/nalgebra/pull/889ghsaWEB
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