CVE-2020-35915 Data races in futures-intrusive

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

Attackers can exploit cross-thread data races in GenericMutexGuard to read or modify non-Sync data, affecting Rust applications using the futures-intrusive crate.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2020-35915?

CVE-2020-35915 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 31 Dec 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An issue was discovered in the futures-intrusive crate before 0.4.0 for Rust. GenericMutexGuard allows cross-thread data races of non-Sync types.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-35915?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including futures-intrusive. It affects 1 product.

PackageAffectedFixed in
futures-intrusive crates.ioAll versions0.4.0
futures-intrusive crates.ioAll versions0.4.0
futures-intrusive crates.ioFrom 0.0.0-00.4.0

Products include Futures-Intrusive Project Futures-Intrusive.

How do I fix CVE-2020-35915?

Upgrade futures-intrusive to 0.4.0 or later.

Is CVE-2020-35915 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-35915 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-4hjg-cx88-g9f9, RUSTSEC-2020-0072.

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