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CVE-2020-35872

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-35872 is a critical memory safety vulnerability affecting the rusqlite crate for Rust, specifically versions prior to 0.23.0. This flaw, stemming from the repr(Rust) type, allows for arbitrary memory corruption. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it presents a severe risk, enabling unauthenticated attackers to achieve full compromise (confidentiality, integrity, and availability) with low attack complexity over a network. Despite its critical severity, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 0.23.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:rusqlite_project:rusqlite:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.71%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
75.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0171 is in the 63rd percentile among its peer group of 36,835 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media 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.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

rustpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: rusqliteFixed in: 0.23.0

Vendor Advisories (1)

rustGHSA-g4w7-3qr8-5623critical

Improper type usage in rusqlite

Aug 25, 2021

References

github.com / rusqlite/rusqlite/releases/tag/0.23.0
Release NotesThird Party Advisory
rustsec.org / advisories/RUSTSEC-2020-0014.html
Third Party Advisory