What is CVE-2020-25576?

CVE-2020-25576 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Rand_project Rand, classified under Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-09-14.

How severe is CVE-2020-25576?

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

Is CVE-2020-25576 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Rand_project Rand

CVE-2020-25576

An issue was discovered in the rand_core crate before 0.4.2 for Rust. Casting of byte slices to integer slices mishandles alignment constraints.

EPSS: 0.015 (71.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Rand_project Rand
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-704 — Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast

Public proof-of-concept exploits

Artisan-Lab/Rust-memory-safety-bugs

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-25576?: CVE-2020-25576 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Rand_project Rand, classified under Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-09-14.
How severe is CVE-2020-25576?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-25576 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.