VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2018-20996
An issue was discovered in the crossbeam crate before 0.4.1 for Rust.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 1.74%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.74%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
An issue was discovered in the crossbeam crate before 0.4.1 for Rust. There is a double free because of destructor mishandling.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.74% probability · 78th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-415
- Affected
- crossbeam project/crossbeam
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.7% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2018-0009.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2018-0009.htmlThird Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.