CVE-2020-25791

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An issue was discovered in the sized-chunks crate through 0.6.2 for Rust. In the Chunk implementation, the array size is not checked when constructed with unit().

Published: 2020-09-19 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2020-25791 is rated High Exploit Risk (67.1/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.43%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2020-25791

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2020-25791

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-04-14 0.33% 0.43% +0.10%
2 2025-03-30 0.64% 0.33% -0.31%
3 2025-03-29 0.64%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2020-25791

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
3.9 3.6 [email protected]
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2020-25791

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2020-25791

GHSA-9p9m-9xww-qjcx · Severity: high · Ecosystem: rust — Array size is not checked in sized-chunks

OS Trackers for CVE-2020-25791

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2020-25791 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (rust-sized-chunks), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 4, open 1. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-25791
ubuntu medium CVE-2020-25791 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (rust-sized-chunks), 16 status rows across 16 suites (bionic, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): ignored 8, DNE 3, not-affected 3, released 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-25791

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2020-25791

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
sized-chunks_project sized-chunks <= 0.6.2 cpe:2.3:a:sized-chunks_project:sized-chunks:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*

References for CVE-2020-25791

URL Tags
https://github.com/bodil/sized-chunks/issues/11 Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory
https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2020-0041.html Third Party Advisory
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