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CVE-2020-25575

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

  • Published2020-09-14
  • WeaknessCWE-843

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Description

An issue was discovered in the failure crate through 0.1.5 for Rust. It may introduce "compatibility hazards" in some applications, and has a type confusion flaw when downcasting. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer. NOTE: This may overlap CVE-2019-25010

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2020-09-1419:15CVE publishedNVD

Versions per branch

OSV · NVD · CISA-ADP
failure
BranchAffectedFixed in
0.0+≥ 0.0.0-0no fix published
0.1≤ 0.1.8no fix published
Failure project failure
BranchAffectedFixed in
0.1≤ 0.1.8no fix published
0.1≤ 0.1.5no fix published

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Distribution builds and vendor advisories

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Packages

  • pulumi-watchWolfiall versions · no fixed version listed
  • pulumi-watchChainguardall versions · no fixed version listed
  • rust-failureUbuntu:24.04:LTSall versions · no fixed version listed
  • rust-failureUbuntu:22.04:LTSall versions · no fixed version listed
  • rust-failureUbuntu:20.04:LTSall versions · no fixed version listed
  • rust-failureDebian:12all versions · no fixed version listed

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Fix

Advisories and patches

Detection

Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof of concept
Metasploit modules
none listed
Metasploit Framework

Sources

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2020-09-14
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified
GitHub Advisory
GHSA-jq66-xh47-j9f3 GHSA-r98r-j25q-rmpr

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-25575?

An issue was discovered in the failure crate through 0.1.5 for Rust. It may introduce "compatibility hazards" in some applications, and has a type confusion flaw when downcasting. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer. NOTE: This may overlap CVE-2019-25010

Is CVE-2020-25575 actively exploited?

A proof-of-concept exploit exists for CVE-2020-25575, but active exploitation has not been confirmed at this time.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2020-25575?

CVE-2020-25575 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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