VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2020-35896
The outgoing buffer is not properly limited, leading to a remote memory-consumption attack.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 1.34%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.34%). 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 ws crate through 2020-09-25 for Rust. The outgoing buffer is not properly limited, leading to a remote memory-consumption attack.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.34% probability · 70th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-770
- Affected
- ws-rs project/ws-rs
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2020-0043.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2020-0043.htmlThird Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.