CVE-2020-25575 json
An issue was discovered in the failure crate through 0.1.5 for Rust.
published 2020-09-14 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-6084
- cvss
- 9.8
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 2.9%
- EPSS 2.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 87%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
An issue was discovered in the failure crate through 0.1.5 for Rust. It may introduce "compatibility hazards" in some applications, and has a type confusion flaw when downcasting. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer. NOTE: This may overlap CVE-2019-25010
Patch / fix
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- Proof of concept is public
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- total
- Assessed
- 2 y ago
Exploit prediction
2.93% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Exploits and checks
- boats.gitlab.io https://boats.gitlab.io/blog/post/failure-to-fehler/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA ADP | 3.1 | 9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 3.1 | 9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| CNA | 3.1 | 9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
Affected products
- failure_project failure
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-843 Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type
References
-
github.com
/rust-lang-nursery/failure/issues/336
patch, third-party-advisory
-
boats.gitlab.io
/blog/post/failure-to-fehler/
exploit, third-party-advisory
-
rustsec.org
/advisories/RUSTSEC-2020-0036.html
vendor-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2020-25575
- NVD CVE-2020-25575
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