What is CVE-2020-36512?

CVE-2020-36512 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Buffoon Project, classified under Use of Uninitialized Resource. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2021-12-27.

How severe is CVE-2020-36512?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Buffoon Project

CVE-2020-36512

An issue was discovered in the buffoon crate through 2020-12-31 for Rust. InputStream::read_exact may read from uninitialized memory locations.

EPSS: 0.012 (64.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Buffoon_project Buffoon — versions 0.5.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-908 — Use of Uninitialized Resource

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-36512?: CVE-2020-36512 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Buffoon Project, classified under Use of Uninitialized Resource. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2021-12-27.
How severe is CVE-2020-36512?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.