CVE-2021-45704
Published: 27 December 2021
Summary
CVE-2021-45704 is a high-severity Race Condition (CWE-362) vulnerability in Metrics-Util Project Metrics-Util. Its CVSS base score is 8.1 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 43.2% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-0570
Vulnerability details
An issue was discovered in the metrics-util crate before 0.7.0 for Rust. There is a data race and memory corruption because AtomicBucket<T> unconditionally implements the Send and Sync traits.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Accurate timestamps from internal clocks enable detection of race conditions by providing reliable event ordering in audit logs.
Coordination of concurrent security activities reduces the probability that shared resources will be accessed simultaneously without proper synchronization.
Out-of-bounds writes that corrupt control flow or inject shellcode are rendered non-executable by the same memory protections.