CVE-2020-35858 is a critical denial-of-service vulnerability affecting the prost crate for Rust, specifically versions prior to 0.6.1. A crafted message can lead to stack consumption, causing a denial of service on platforms like x86, and potentially remote code execution on ARM systems. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity and no user interaction required, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and it has not been added to CISA's KEV catalog, nor is there any significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 0.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:prost_project:prost:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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