Vulnerability in Lexer Project

CVE-2020-36458

An issue was discovered in the lexer crate through 2020-11-10 for Rust. For ReaderResult<T, E>, there is an implementation of Sync with a trait bound of T: Send, E: Send.

Vulnerability class: Race Condition

EPSS: 0.008 (53.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-36458?
CVE-2020-36458 is a high-severity vulnerability in Lexer Project, 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-2020-36458?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.