Buffer overflow in Reffers Project

CVE-2020-36203

An issue was discovered in the reffers crate through 2020-12-01 for Rust. ARefss can contain a !Send,!Sync object, leading to a data race and memory corruption.

Vulnerability class: Race Condition

EPSS: 0.002 (15.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-36203?
CVE-2020-36203 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Reffers Project, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2021-01-26.
How severe is CVE-2020-36203?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-36203 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.