What is the CVSS score of CVE-2020-35916?

CVE-2020-35916 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5 (Medium). CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.4%.

Is there a public PoC exploit available for CVE-2020-35916?

Yes, a public proof-of-concept exploit is available for CVE-2020-35916. Prioritise patching immediately. EPSS: 0.4%.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2020-35916?

Yes, a patch is available for CVE-2020-35916. Update the affected software to the latest version immediately.

Image CVE-2020-35916

MEDIUM

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400)

2020-12-31 cve@mitre.org

Denial Of Service Image

5.5

CVSS 3.1 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

5.5 MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Lifecycle Timeline

CVE Published

Dec 31, 2020 - 09:15 nvd

MEDIUM 5.5

Blast Radius

ecosystem impact

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

3 cargo packages depend on image (2 direct, 1 indirect)

Ecosystem-wide dependent count for version 0.23.12.

DescriptionNVD

An issue was discovered in the image crate before 0.23.12 for Rust. A Mutable reference has immutable provenance. (In the case of LLVM, the IR may be always correct.)

AnalysisAI

An issue was discovered in the image crate before 0.23.12 for Rust. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified as Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400), which allows attackers to cause denial of service by exhausting system resources. An issue was discovered in the image crate before 0.23.12 for Rust. A Mutable reference has immutable provenance. (In the case of LLVM, the IR may be always correct.) Affected products include: Image-Rs Image. Version information: before 0.23.12.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Implement rate limiting, set resource quotas, validate input sizes, use timeouts.