CVE-2020-25575 Other in n/a
The deprecated Rust failure crate contains a type confusion flaw during downcasting, potentially causing compatibility hazards in applications using it.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-25575?
CVE-2020-25575 is a critical vulnerability in n/a, published on 14 Sep 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An issue was discovered in the failure crate through 0.1.5 for Rust. It may introduce "compatibility hazards" in some applications, and has a type confusion flaw when downcasting. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer. NOTE: This may overlap CVE-2019-25010
Weakness: CWE-843
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-25575?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Failure Project Failure.
How do I fix CVE-2020-25575?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-25575 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2020-25575 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2020-25575 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2020-25575, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-25575.