Actix Http
CVE-2020-35901
HIGH
Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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:N/A:H
Lifecycle Timeline
1DescriptionNVD
An issue was discovered in the actix-http crate before 2.0.0-alpha.1 for Rust. There is a use-after-free in BodyStream.
AnalysisAI
An issue was discovered in the actix-http crate before 2.0.0-alpha.1 for Rust. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), 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-http crate before 2.0.0-alpha.1 for Rust. There is a use-after-free in BodyStream. Affected products include: Actix Actix-Http. 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.
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