CVE-2020-25575

Public Exploit

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

Category

9.8
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.62%
Vendor Advisory rustsec.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://github.com/rust-lang-nursery/failure/issues/336 third party advisory patch
https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2020-0036.html vendor advisory
https://boats.gitlab.io/blog/post/failure-to-fehler/ third party advisory exploit

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2020-25575?
CVE-2020-25575 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2020-25575?
To fix CVE-2020-25575, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2020-25575 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2020-25575 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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