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CVE-2020-36323

Published: Apr 14, 2021Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-134
8.2HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
2.0%
Top 21.4%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

In the standard library in Rust before 1.52.0, there is an optimization for joining strings that can cause uninitialized bytes to be exposed (or the program to crash) if the borrowed string changes after its length is checked.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:LI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:LConfidentiality
Low
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-134

Affected Products

rust-lang
oss-projectaka async-h1, cargo, rust
rustLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
fedoraproject
oss-project·USaka fedora project
fedoraOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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MITRE ATT&CK

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References

https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/80335
github.com
https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/81728
github.com
https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/81728#issuecomment-821549174
github.com
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