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CVE-2020-36205 json

Memory handling issues in xcb

published 5y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-c8hq-x4mm-p6q6 , RUSTSEC-2020-0097 , EUVD-2021-1676

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 35%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An issue was discovered in the xcb crate through 2020-12-10 for Rust. base::Error does not have soundness. Because of the public ptr field, a use-after-free or double-free can occur.

Patch / fix

  • crates.io xcb 1.0.0
  • rust-xcb Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.1.1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2020-36205

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Exploit prediction

0.41% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 35% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • rustsec.org https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2020-0097.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
OSV 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
GitHub 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
crates.io xcb
<1.0.0
>=0.0.0-0, <1.0.0
1.0.0

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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