CVE-2020-36205
Soundness issue with base::Error
5.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.40%
Description
An issue was discovered in the xcb crate through 2020-12-10 for Rust. base::Error does not have soundness. Because of the public ptr field, a use-after-free or double-free can occur.
How to fix CVE-2020-36205
To remediate CVE-2020-36205, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/rust-xcb—upgrade to 1.1.1-1 or later
- —upgrade to 1.0.0 or later
- —upgrade to 1.0.0 or later
Is CVE-2020-36205 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 1.1.1-1
- from 0, < 1.0.0
- >= 0.0.0-0, < 1.0.0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |