Medium severity · published Apr 14, 2021
CVE-2017-20004
In the standard library in Rust before 1.19.0, there is a synchronization problem in the MutexGuard object
5.9
CVSS
0.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the standard library in Rust before 1.19.0, there is a synchronization problem in the MutexGuard object. MutexGuards can be used across threads with any types, allowing for memory safety issues through race conditions.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.8% · higher than 56% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RU
Rust · Rust-lang
before 1.19.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-20004
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-20004
Patch
https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/41622
Patch
https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/41624
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