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CVE-2020-36511

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-36511 describes a high-severity vulnerability in the Rust bite crate, specifically affecting versions through 2020-12-31, where the read::BiteReadExpandedExt::read_framed_max function can read from uninitialized memory. This issue carries a CVSS score of 7.5 (High) due to its network-based attack vector and low attack complexity, potentially leading to high confidentiality impact without requiring user interaction. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 0.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:bite_project:bite:*:*:*:*:*: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:H/I:N/A:N

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

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.06%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
61.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0106 is in the 38th 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

Vendor Advisories (1)

rustGHSA-v2ch-fc8f-qm33high

Use of Uninitialized Resource in bite.

Jan 6, 2022

References

raw.githubusercontent.com / rustsec/advisory-db/main/crates/bite/RUSTSEC-2020-0153.md
Third Party Advisory
rustsec.org / advisories/RUSTSEC-2020-0153.html
Third Party Advisory