CVE-2020-36215
Published: 26 January 2021
Summary
CVE-2020-36215 is a high-severity Improper Synchronization (CWE-662) vulnerability in Hashconsing Project Hashconsing. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 39.6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-1877
Vulnerability details
An issue was discovered in the hashconsing crate before 1.1.0 for Rust. Because HConsed does not have bounds on its Send trait or Sync trait, memory corruption can occur.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Out-of-bounds writes that corrupt control flow or inject shellcode are rendered non-executable by the same memory protections.