Vulnerability Database · Debian · Package report
rustc: vulnerability history, versions and safety
rustc is a package in the Debian ecosystem. Vulert records 22 vulnerabilities for it across 120 releases, from Jul 2018 to Jan 2022. Each vulnerability names the versions it affects, the fixed version to move to, and a workaround where no fix has been published.
No patched version yet — these are the ones to plan around.
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Vulert verdict on rustc i
Updated on 23 Oct 2026
Careful: 8 of the 22 vulnerabilities Vulert records for this package have no fix yet. Plan around those, or apply the workaround listed for each. The rest have a fixed version to move to.
What to do: Plan around the 8 vulnerabilities with no published fix: each lists the affected range and any workaround that reduces exposure. No fix yet: Vulert alerts you the moment one is published. Monitor it with Vulert →
- Vulnerabilities on record 22 over 3 years · 0 in the last year i
- Latest disclosure 20 Jan 2022 i
- Highest CVSS 9.8 i
- With no published fix 8 i
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01 Versions
Which versions are affected
Every version Vulert holds for rustc, newest first, with the vulnerabilities that name it. A version with a count of zero has no recorded vulnerabilities; open a version to see the vulnerabilities it is exposed to.
Newest 120 of 156 versions on record. Severity counts are the vulnerabilities recorded against that exact release.
02 Disclosure history
How often vulnerabilities are recorded
Counted by the year Vulert recorded each vulnerability — the same date the table below shows as disclosed. 0 of the 22 were recorded in the last 12 months.
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03 Vulnerabilities
Recorded vulnerabilities for rustc
| Vulnerability | Severity | Fixed version ↓ | Disclosed ↓ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Integer Overflow Vulnerability in Rust Zip Implementation - CVE-2021-28879 | 9.8 critical | No fix published | 11 Apr 2021 |
| Critical Vulnerability in Rustc Package: Use-After-Free and Double Free Risk in VecDeque | 9.8 critical | No fix published | 11 Apr 2021 |
| Integer Overflow to Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in Rust Programming Language Standard Library | 9.8 critical | 1.30.0+dfsg1-1 | 08 Oct 2018 |
| Uncontrolled Search Path Element Vulnerability in Rustc - CVE-2018-1000622 | 7.8 high | 1.27.1+dfsg1-1~exp1 | 09 Jul 2018 |
| Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in Rust Standard Library (rustc) - CVE-2018-1000657 | 7.8 high | 1.22.1+dfsg1-1 | 20 Aug 2018 |
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Updated: 23/Oct/2026 · Vulnerabilities in our DB: 524315
