7.8

CVE-2020-35909: protocol multihash

CVSS: 7.8v2.0HighModified
AliasesGHSA-h7qh-3h6f-w79pRUSTSEC-2020-0068
Published 31-12-2020Last modified 04-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2020-35909 is a high (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in protocol multihash. EPSS estimates a 1.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 71.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.39%
0%100%
Low · +0.02 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 31-12-2020
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An issue was discovered in the multihash crate before 0.11.3 for Rust. The from_slice parsing code can panic via unsanitized data from a network server.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.39%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

72%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.02 pp

From 1.37% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
1.39%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Crates.Io1 product
  • multihash< 0.11.3 | ≥ 0.0.0-0, < 0.11.3
Protocol1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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