CVE-2020-35859

An issue was discovered in the lucet-runtime-internals crate before 0.5.1 for Rust. It mishandles sigstack allocation. Guest programs may be able to obtain sensitive information, or guest programs can experience memory corruption.

Published: 2020-12-31 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2020-35859 is rated Moderate Risk (57/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.43%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2020-35859

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 2025-03-30 0.84% 0.43% -0.41%
2 2025-03-29 0.43% 0.84% +0.41%
3 2025-03-17 0.43%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2020-35859

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.1 3.1 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/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:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big 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 5.2 [email protected]
6.4 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2020-35859

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2020-35859

GHSA-3933-wvjf-pcvc · Severity: critical · Ecosystem: rust — Out of bounds access in lucet-runtime-internals

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2020-35859

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
lucet-runtime-internals_project lucet-runtime-internals < 0.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:lucet-runtime-internals_project:lucet-runtime-internals:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*

References for CVE-2020-35859

URL Tags
https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2020-0004.html Patch Third Party Advisory
cvelogic Threat Intelligence