CVE-2020-25575

CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: September 14, 2020 at 06:15 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:06 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorFailure

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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
SSVC
PoC

Description

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

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v ≤ 0.1.5v ≤ 0.1.80.1.5

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (3)

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CVSS

9.8CRITICALCISA-ADP
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-843

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