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CVE-2020-36213

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-36213 describes a soundness issue in the abi_stable Rust crate prior to version 0.9.1, where a 'retain' call could lead to the creation of an invalid UTF-8 string. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), indicating a network-exploitable flaw with low attack complexity that could result in high availability impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 0.9.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:abi_stable_project:abi_stable:*:*:*:*:*:rust:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.36%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
68.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0136 is in the 49th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

rustpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: abi_stableFixed in: 0.9.1

Vendor Advisories (1)

rustGHSA-wqxc-qrq4-w5v4high

Update unsound DrainFilter and RString::retain

Aug 25, 2021

References

rustsec.org / advisories/RUSTSEC-2020-0105.html
Vendor Advisory