Vulnerability · Published Sep 14, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-25575
Critical 9.8
In plain English
A critical-severity type confusion in the rust-failure package (Debian). Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 2.9% (higher than 87% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)9.8Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)2.9%top 12.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
An issue was discovered in the failure crate through 0.1.5 for Rust. It may introduce "compatibility hazards" in some applications, and has a type confusion flaw when downcasting. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer. NOTE: This may overlap CVE-2019-25010
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | rust-failure | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-25575 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | rust-failure | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-25575 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | rust-failure | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-25575 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-843 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- https://github.com/rust-lang-nursery/failure/issues/336 x_refsource_MISC
- https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2020-0036.html x_refsource_MISC
- https://boats.gitlab.io/blog/post/failure-to-fehler/ x_refsource_MISC