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Actix Http CVE-2020-35901

HIGH
Use After Free (CWE-416)
2020-12-31 cve@mitre.org
7.5
CVSS 3.1 · NVD
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NVD PRIMARY
7.5 HIGH
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
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

1
CVE Published
Dec 31, 2020 - 09:15 nvd
HIGH 7.5

DescriptionNVD

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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