What is CVE-2020-36445?

CVE-2020-36445 is a high-severity vulnerability in Project Convec, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2021-08-08.

How severe is CVE-2020-36445?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Project Convec

CVE-2020-36445

An issue was discovered in the convec crate through 2020-11-24 for Rust. There are unconditional implementations of Send and Sync for ConVec<T>.

Vulnerability class: Race Condition

Published 2021-08-08 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (53.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 54th percentile — 53.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Project Convec

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-362 — Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition)

References

rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2020-0125.html (Third Party Advisory)
raw.githubusercontent.com/rustsec/advisory-db/main/crates/convec/RUSTSEC-2020-0… (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-36445?: CVE-2020-36445 is a high-severity vulnerability in Project Convec, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2021-08-08.
How severe is CVE-2020-36445?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.