Vulnerability in Failure Project
CVE-2020-25575
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
Published · last modified .
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: 0.029 (86.6th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 87th percentile — 86.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.029 · newest: 0.029 · change: +0.001
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- github.com/rust-lang-nursery/failure/issues/336 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2020-0036.html (Vendor Advisory)
- boats.gitlab.io/blog/post/failure-to-fehler/ (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-25575?
- CVE-2020-25575 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Failure Project, classified under Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type (Type Confusion). CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-09-14.
- How severe is CVE-2020-25575?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2020-25575 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.