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CVE-2017-20004 json

In the standard library in Rust before 1.19.0, there is a synchronization problem in the MutexGuard object.

published 2021-04-14 5 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-11019

cvss
5.9
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.8%
EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 56%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In the standard library in Rust before 1.19.0, there is a synchronization problem in the MutexGuard object. MutexGuards can be used across threads with any types, allowing for memory safety issues through race conditions.

Patch / fix

  • rust-lang rust 1.19.0
  • rustc Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.19.0+dfsg3-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-20004

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-20004 updated cvss 5.9

rust: synchronization problem in the MutexGuard object

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 rls, rust, cargo, clippy, rustfmt, rust-gdb, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rust, cargo, clippy, rustfmt, rust-gdb, rust-src, +8 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.80% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 56% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization

References

Sources

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