CVE-2018-20997 is a critical use-after-free vulnerability affecting the openssl crate for Rust, specifically versions prior to 0.10.9, impacting the CMS Signing functionality. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability allows for remote exploitation with low attack complexity, potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 0.10.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:rust-openssl_project:rust-openssl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.