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Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Dec 27, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2021-45703

CVE-2021-45703

Description

An issue was discovered in the tectonic_xdv crate before 0.1.12 for Rust. XdvParser::::process may read from uninitialized memory locations.

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Affected packages

Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
tectonic_xdvcrates.io	< 0.1.12	0.1.12

Affected products

3

Tectonic Xdv Project/Tectonic Xdv
cpe:2.3:a:tectonic_xdv_project:tectonic_xdv:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*
Range: <0.1.12
rust/tectonic_xdvdescription
ghsa-coords
pkg:cargo/tectonic_xdv
Range: < 0.1.12

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References

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github.com/advisories/GHSA-qwvx-c8j7-5g75ghsaADVISORY
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-45703ghsaADVISORY
raw.githubusercontent.com/rustsec/advisory-db/main/crates/tectonic_xdv/RUSTSEC-2021-0112.mdnvdThird Party AdvisoryWEB
rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2021-0112.htmlnvdThird Party AdvisoryWEB
github.com/tectonic-typesetting/tectonic/commit/cdff034e6d93cdfdafd13d8c6956e22fa5a57b79ghsaWEB
github.com/tectonic-typesetting/tectonic/issues/752ghsaWEB

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