CVE-2020-35920

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An issue was discovered in the socket2 crate before 0.3.16 for Rust. It has false expectations about the std::net::SocketAddr memory representation.

Published: 2020-12-31 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2020-35920 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.40%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2020-35920

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2020-35920

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 2026-06-15 0.14% 0.40% +0.26%
2 2025-03-30 0.16% 0.14% -0.02%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.16% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2020-35920

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
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:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
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.
 1.8 3.6 [email protected]
2.1 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
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.
 3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2020-35920

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2020-35920

GHSA-458v-4hrf-g3m4 · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: rust — socket2 invalidly assumes the memory layout of std::net::SocketAddr

OS Trackers for CVE-2020-35920

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2020-35920 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (rust-socket2), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-35920
suse medium CVE-2020-35920 severity moderate: SUSE including 14 source package names (cargo, cargo1.60, …), 125 product×package rows across 22 product lines (SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0, SUSE Enterprise Storage 6, … (22 product lines)): Known Not Affected 125. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-35920/
ubuntu low CVE-2020-35920 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (rust-socket2), 16 status rows across 16 suites (bionic, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 6, ignored 4, DNE 3, needs-triage 2, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-35920

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2020-35920

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
rust-lang socket2 < 0.3.16 cpe:2.3:a:rust-lang:socket2:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*

References for CVE-2020-35920

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https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2020-0079.html Exploit Third Party Advisory
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