CVE-2020-35919 Memory corruption in n/a

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

A memory representation mismatch in the net2 crate can lead to memory corruption, potentially allowing code execution or denial of service.

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-2020-35919?

CVE-2020-35919 is a medium-severity memory corruption 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 net2 crate before 0.2.36 for Rust. It has false expectations about the std::net::SocketAddr memory representation.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-35919?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Net2 Project Net2.

How do I fix CVE-2020-35919?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2020-35919 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-35919 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2020-35919, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-35919.

Is CVE-2020-35919 in your software?

Upload an SBOM and sbomify checks it against every vulnerability here, every day.

Check your SBOMs for free