Buffer overflow in Autorand Project

CVE-2020-36210

An issue was discovered in the autorand crate before 0.2.3 for Rust. Because of impl Random on arrays, uninitialized memory can be dropped when a panic occurs, leading to memory corruption.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.004 (35.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-36210?
CVE-2020-36210 is a high-severity vulnerability in Autorand Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2021-01-26.
How severe is CVE-2020-36210?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-36210 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.