What is CVE-2020-35898?

CVE-2020-35898 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Actix Actix-Utils, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2020-12-31.

How severe is CVE-2020-35898?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2020-35898 known to be exploited?

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

Use After Free in Actix Actix-Utils

CVE-2020-35898

An issue was discovered in the actix-utils crate before 2.0.0 for Rust. The Cell implementation allows obtaining more than one mutable reference to the same data.

Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free

EPSS: 0.014 (69.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Actix Actix-utils
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-416 — Use After Free

Public proof-of-concept exploits

Artisan-Lab/Rust-memory-safety-bugs

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-35898?: CVE-2020-35898 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Actix Actix-Utils, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2020-12-31.
How severe is CVE-2020-35898?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-35898 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.