🛡️ CVE-2020-36212 — abi-stable

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability high.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

• Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
• Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
• Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
• User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
• Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
• Confidentiality impact: None.
• Integrity impact: None.
• Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Weakness class

CVE-2020-36212 is classified as CWE-172: Encoding Error. The product does not properly encode or decode the data, resulting in unexpected values.

Affected software

CVE-2020-36212 is recorded against 1 package.

• abi-stable

Timeline and source

Published on 25 August 2021 and last revised on 8 November 2023. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
github.com (Web)
rustsec.org (Web)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-172: Encoding Error) in other software:

• CVE-2026-48784 (6.1 Medium, published 14 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2026-42926 (5.8 Medium, published 13 May 2026)
• CVE-2025-12758 (8.0 High, published 27 Nov 2025)
• CVE-2025-27110 (8.0 High, published 7 Mar 2025)
• CVE-2024-48909 (2.0 Low, published 14 Oct 2024)
• GHSA-cx7h-h87r-jpgr (2.0 Low, published 25 Jul 2024)

Details

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