What is the CVSS score of CVE-2020-35898?

CVE-2020-35898 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.1 (Critical). CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H. EPSS exploitation probability: 1.4%.

Is there a public PoC exploit available for CVE-2020-35898?

Yes, a public proof-of-concept exploit is available for CVE-2020-35898. Prioritise patching immediately. EPSS: 1.4%.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2020-35898?

Yes, a patch is available for CVE-2020-35898. Update the affected software to the latest version immediately.

Actix Utils CVE-2020-35898

CRITICAL

Use After Free (CWE-416)

2020-12-31 cve@mitre.org

Use After Free Memory Corruption Information Disclosure Actix Utils

9.1

CVSS 3.1 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

9.1 CRITICAL

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Lifecycle Timeline

CVE Published

Dec 31, 2020 - 09:15 nvd

CRITICAL 9.1

Blast Radius

ecosystem impact

† from your stack dependencies † transitive graph · vuln.today resolves 4-path depth

416 cargo packages depend on actix-utils (9 direct, 414 indirect)

Ecosystem-wide dependent count for version 2.0.0.

DescriptionNVD

An issue was discovered in the actix-utils crate before 2.0.0 for Rust. The Cell implementation allows obtaining more than one mutable reference to the same data.

AnalysisAI

An issue was discovered in the actix-utils crate before 2.0.0 for Rust. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified as Use After Free (CWE-416), which allows attackers to access freed memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application. An issue was discovered in the actix-utils crate before 2.0.0 for Rust. The Cell implementation allows obtaining more than one mutable reference to the same data. Affected products include: Actix Actix-Utils. Version information: before 2.0.0.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Use smart pointers or garbage-collected languages. Set pointers to NULL after freeing. Enable memory sanitizers.