What is CVE-2019-25010?

CVE-2019-25010 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Failure Project, classified under Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type (Type Confusion). CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-12-31.

How severe is CVE-2019-25010?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Failure Project

CVE-2019-25010

An issue was discovered in the failure crate through 2019-11-13 for Rust. Type confusion can occur when __private_get_type_id__ is overridden.

Published 2020-12-31 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.015 (73.9th percentile), scored 2026-10-04.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 74th percentile — 73.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.015 · newest: 0.015 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Failure Project

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-843 — Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type (Type Confusion)

References

github.com/rust-lang-nursery/failure/issues/336 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2019-0036.html (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-25010?: CVE-2019-25010 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Failure Project, classified under Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type (Type Confusion). CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-12-31.
How severe is CVE-2019-25010?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.