CVE-2020-36443: Critical severity libp2p vulnerability
Published Aug 8, 2021
·Updated
An issue was discovered in the libp2p-deflate crate before 0.27.1 for Rust. An uninitialized buffer is passed to AsyncRead::pollread(), which is a user-provided trait function.
Affected Software
1 affected component
libp2p Libp2p-deflate Rust<0.27.1
Event History
Aug 8, 2021
CVE Published
via MITRE·05:17 AM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·05:17 AM
Description
Frequently Asked Questions
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What is CVE-2020-36443?
CVE-2020-36443 is a vulnerability in the libp2p-deflate crate before version 0.27.1 for Rust.
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What is the severity of CVE-2020-36443?
The severity of CVE-2020-36443 is critical with a CVSS score of 9.8.
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How does CVE-2020-36443 affect software?
CVE-2020-36443 affects the libp2p-deflate crate before version 0.27.1 for Rust.
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What is the CWE ID of CVE-2020-36443?
The CWE ID of CVE-2020-36443 is CWE-908.
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Where can I find more information about CVE-2020-36443?
You can find more information about CVE-2020-36443 at the following references: [reference 1](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rustsec/advisory-db/main/crates/libp2p-deflate/RUSTSEC-2020-0123.md), [reference 2](https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2020-0123.html).