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CRITICAL
CVE-2020-25575
Apache Failure Crate Type Confusion Vulnerability
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

INFO

Published Date :

Sept. 14, 2020, 7:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Aug. 4, 2024, 4:15 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2020-25575 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2020-25575 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Failure_project failure
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2020-25575.

URL Resource
https://boats.gitlab.io/blog/post/failure-to-fehler/ Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/rust-lang-nursery/failure/issues/336 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2020-0036.html Vendor Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

None

Updated: 1 month, 3 weeks ago
28 stars 2 fork 2 watcher
Born at : Jan. 5, 2021, 11:56 a.m. This repo has been linked 163 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2020-25575 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2020-25575 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 04, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

    Jul. 03, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CWE CISA-ADP CWE-843
    Added CVSS V3.1 CISA-ADP AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 04, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 17, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 11, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Tag MITRE unsupported-when-assigned
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description ** UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED ** 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. 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
  • Reanalysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 17, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:failure_project:failure:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 0.1.5 OR *cpe:2.3:a:failure_project:failure:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:* versions up to (including) 0.1.8
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 01, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://boats.gitlab.io/blog/post/failure-to-fehler/ No Types Assigned https://boats.gitlab.io/blog/post/failure-to-fehler/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 02, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description ** UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED ** An issue was discovered in the failure crate through 0.1.5 for Rust. It 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. ** UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED ** 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.
    Added Reference https://boats.gitlab.io/blog/post/failure-to-fehler/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 01, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description ** UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED ** An issue was discovered in the failure crate through 0.1.5 for Rust. It has a type confusion flaw when downcasting. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer. ** UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED ** An issue was discovered in the failure crate through 0.1.5 for Rust. It 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.
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 22, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/rust-lang-nursery/failure/issues/336 No Types Assigned https://github.com/rust-lang-nursery/failure/issues/336 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2020-0036.html No Types Assigned https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2020-0036.html Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-843
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:failure_project:failure:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 0.1.5
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2020-25575 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.73 }} 0.12%

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0.78705

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