CVE-2018-20995 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in the Rust slice-deque crate prior to version 0.1.16, specifically within the move_head_unchecked function due to mishandled deque updates. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), it allows for unauthenticated remote attackers to achieve high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or KEV listing, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness and potential for future exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 0.1.16CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:slice-deque_project:slice-deque:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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