Vulnerability · Published Aug 29, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-25016
Critical 9.1
In plain English
A critical-severity security flaw in the rust-rgb package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.6% (higher than 76% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)9.1Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)1.6%top 24.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
A safety violation was discovered in the rgb crate before 0.8.20 for Rust, leading to (for example) dereferencing of arbitrary pointers or disclosure of uninitialized memory. This occurs because structs can be treated as bytes for read and write operations.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | rust-rgb | 0.8.36-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-25016 |
| Debian:13 | rust-rgb | 0.8.36-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-25016 |
| Debian:14 | rust-rgb | 0.8.36-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-25016 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | rust-rgb | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-25016 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | rust-rgb | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-25016 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | rust-rgb | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-25016 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | rust-rgb | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-25016 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | rust-rgb | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-25016 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2020-0029.html x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/kornelski/rust-rgb/issues/35 x_refsource_MISC