CVE-2020-35891 Double free in ordnung

High 7.5 Published Updated

A double free vulnerability in the ordnung Rust crate allows attackers to cause memory corruption, potentially leading to code execution or crashes.

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-2020-35891?

CVE-2020-35891 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in n/a, published on 31 Dec 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 ordnung crate through 2020-09-03 for Rust. compact::Vec violates memory safety via a remove() double free.

Weakness: CWE-415

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-35891?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including ordnung. It affects 1 product.

PackageAffectedFixed in
ordnung crates.ioAll versions to 0.0.1None
ordnung crates.ioAll versions to 0.0.1None

Products include Ordnung Project Ordnung.

How do I fix CVE-2020-35891?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-35891 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.

Is CVE-2020-35891 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-35891 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-4wj3-p7hj-cvx8.

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