CVE-2019-16144
Uninitialized memory use in generator
An issue was discovered in the generator crate before 0.6.18 for Rust. Uninitialized memory is used by Scope, done, and yield_ during API calls.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An issue was discovered in the generator crate before 0.6.18 for Rust. Uninitialized memory is used by Scope, done, and yield_ during API calls.
- Record
CVE-2019-16144- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.8 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-908
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An issue was discovered in the generator crate before 0.6.18 for Rust. Uninitialized memory is used by Scope, done, and yield_ during API calls.
- Record
CVE-2019-16144- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-1596 No score
An issue was discovered in the generator crate before 0.6.18 for Rust. Uninitialized memory is used by Scope, done, and yield_ during API calls.
- Record
EUVD-2021-1596- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-6c65-xcf5-299x
Uninitialized memory use in generator
An issue was discovered in the generator crate before 0.6.18 for Rust. Uninitialized memory is used by Scope, done, and yield_ during API calls.
- Record
GHSA-6c65-xcf5-299x- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-908
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
An issue was discovered in the generator crate before 0.6.18 for Rust. Uninitialized memory is used by Scope, done, and yield_ during API calls.
- Record
CVE-2019-16144- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-6c65-xcf5-299x
Uninitialized memory use in generator
An issue was discovered in the generator crate before 0.6.18 for Rust. Uninitialized memory is used by Scope, done, and yield_ during API calls.
- Record
GHSA-6c65-xcf5-299x- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-908
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVRUSTSEC-2019-0020
fix unsound APIs that could lead to UB
Affected versions of this crate API could use uninitialized memory with some APIs in special
cases, like use the API in none generator context. This could lead to UB.
The flaw was corrected by https://github.com/Xudong-Huang/generator-rs/issues/9
https://github.com/Xudong-Huang/generator-rs/issues/11
https://github.com/Xudong-Huang/generator-rs/issues/13
https://github.com/Xudong-Huang/generator-rs/issues/14
This patch fixes all those issues above.
- Record
RUSTSEC-2019-0020- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-16144 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Generator-rs Project Generator-rs, published September 6, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.64%, the 76th percentile. Fixed in generator 0.6.18.
References
rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2019-0020.html
github.com/Xudong-Huang/generator-rs/issues/9
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16144
crates.io/crates/generator