A safety violation was discovered in the rgb crate before 0.8.20 for Rust, leading to…
Priority MEDIUM 42CWE-119Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-119 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
A safety violation was discovered in the rgb crate before 0.8.20 for Rust, leading to (for example) dereferencing of arbitrary pointers or disclosure of uninitialized memory. This occurs because structs can be treated as bytes for read and write operations.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.01595 75th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed rgb (crates.io): 0.8.20
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | rgb (crates.io) | 0.5.4 to before 0.8.20 | 0.8.20 | Patch available | GHSA-g4rw-8m5q-6453 |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- rgb (crates.io) Vendor— Affected 0.5.4 to before 0.8.20 Fixed in 0.8.20 Patch available GHSA-g4rw-8m5q-6453
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:rgb-rust_project:rgb-rust:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | before 0.8.20 | Vulnerable | Rgb-rust Project |
- cpe:2.3:a:rgb-rust_project:rgb-rust:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 0.8.20 Vulnerable ·Rgb-rust Project
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-g4rw-8m5q-6453 rgb (crates.io) Fixed in 0.8.20 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-25016
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-g4rw-8m5q-6453
References
Sources
- CVE-2020-25016 · CVE Program
- CVE-2020-25016 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-g4rw-8m5q-6453 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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