CVE-2018-20992

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Published Aug 26, 2019 CVSS 3.0 · 6.5 Medium EPSS 1.4% KEV · Not listed

Description

An issue was discovered in the claxon crate before 0.4.1 for Rust. Uninitialized memory can be exposed because certain decode buffer sizes are mishandled.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:claxon_project:claxon::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:claxon_project:claxon:0.4.0:::::::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-1636	An issue was discovered in the claxon crate before 0.4.1 for Rust. Uninitialized memory can be exposed because certain decode buffer sizes are mishandled.
Github GHSA	GHSA-8c6g-4xc5-w96c	Uninitialized memory exposure in claxon

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.4% (1.372% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2018-0004.html

History

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Subscriptions

Claxon Project Claxon

Weaknesses

CWE-908

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 5, 2024, 12:19 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Aug 26, 2019, 12:31 PM
Updated: Aug 5, 2024, 12:19 PM
Reserved: Aug 25, 2019, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment No data

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 1:53 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Aug 26, 2019, 1:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 1:53 AM

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