Vulnerability · Published Dec 31, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-35916
Medium 5.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the rust-image package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 33% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 66.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
An issue was discovered in the image crate before 0.23.12 for Rust. A Mutable reference has immutable provenance. (In the case of LLVM, the IR may be always correct.)
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | rust-image | 0.23.14-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-35916 |
| Debian:13 | rust-image | 0.23.14-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-35916 |
| Debian:14 | rust-image | 0.23.14-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-35916 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | rust-image | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-35916 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | rust-image | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-35916 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | rust-image | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-35916 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | rust-image | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-35916 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2020-0073.html x_refsource_MISC