Vulnerability in Lock API Project

CVE-2020-35914

An issue was discovered in the lock_api crate before 0.4.2 for Rust. A data race can occur because of RwLockWriteGuard unsoundness.

Vulnerability class: Race Condition

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (10.3th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 10th percentile — 10.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2020-35914: held from 0.002 to 0.002.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-35914?
CVE-2020-35914 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Lock API Project, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2020-12-31.
How severe is CVE-2020-35914?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-35914 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.