What is CVE-2020-36460?

CVE-2020-36460 is a high-severity vulnerability in Model Project, classified under Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type (Type Confusion). CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2021-08-08.

How severe is CVE-2020-36460?

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

Vulnerability in Model Project

CVE-2020-36460

An issue was discovered in the model crate through 2020-11-10 for Rust. The Shared data structure has an implementation of the Send and Sync traits without regard for the inner type.

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: 0.011 (64.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 64th percentile — 64.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Model Project

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-843 — Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type (Type Confusion)

References

rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2020-0140.html (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
raw.githubusercontent.com/rustsec/advisory-db/main/crates/model/RUSTSEC-2020-01… (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-36460?: CVE-2020-36460 is a high-severity vulnerability in Model Project, classified under Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type (Type Confusion). CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2021-08-08.
How severe is CVE-2020-36460?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.